European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Actually, they thought he was dead. They were picking up bodies from the Don
Actually, they thought he was dead. They were picking up bodies from the Don
anzi credevano che era morto no, mentre tiravano su i morti là nel Don -
and they thought he was dead, but he was only frostbitten and suffering.
and they thought he was dead, but he was only frostbitten and suffering.
e lui non era morto era assiderato e stava male, ma non era morto. -
I guess they slowly revived him and managed to bring him back to Italy, to Rimini.
I guess they slowly revived him and managed to bring him back to Italy, to Rimini.
Dopo si vede che pian piano l’hanno rifocillato e dopo sono riusciti poi a portarlo a Rimini. -
They kept him there for three months and we never even went to visit him,
They kept him there for three months and we never even went to visit him,
E dopo l’hanno tenuto a Rimini tre mesi che purtroppo non siamo andati nessuno a trovarlo, -
because there was no way for us to get there.
because there was no way for us to get there.
perché allora non c’erano... non c’era la possibilità di andare, non c’era viaggi, non c’era mezzi di niente. -
I did go to Milan by foot, but Rimini seemed really too far.
I did go to Milan by foot, but Rimini seemed really too far.
Io a Milano sono andata a piedi ma andare a Rimini secondo me mi sembrava troppo lontano. -
Fortunately, my father was at home during the war.
Fortunately, my father was at home during the war.
Mio padre era a casa durante la guerra. Eh, fortunatamente era a casa e... -
He would check to see if there were Germans around in order to tell the partisans.
He would check to see if there were Germans around in order to tell the partisans.
lui non ha fatto niente, lui stava, lui andava a vedere quando se c’erano dei tedeschi, uno stava attento ai partigiani, -
When he wasn’t working he wouldn’t sleep much, because he always had to go see if there was somebody around.
When he wasn’t working he wouldn’t sleep much, because he always had to go see if there was somebody around.
lui quando non lavorava... lui dormiva poco, perché lui doveva sempre andare a vedere se c’era qualcuno perché se -
Did you know that they burned down a whole village if a German was killed?
Did you know that they burned down a whole village if a German was killed?
per caso qualcuno avesse ammazzato un tedesco così... e se qualcuno avesse ammazzato un tedesco lo sa che bruciavano addirittura dei paesi? -
They would destroy whatever they found, and kill ten of our people for each German who had been killed.
They would destroy whatever they found, and kill ten of our people for each German who had been killed.
Distruggevano quello che trovavano, ammazzavano un tedesco e ne ammazzavano dieci dei nostri. -
That’s why my father was very careful, they burned down only one house in Marola.
That’s why my father was very careful, they burned down only one house in Marola.
Allora mio padre stava molto attento, infatti a Marola hanno bruciato solo una casa -
I don’t know if someone was wounded, since I was rarely at home at the time.
I don’t know if someone was wounded, since I was rarely at home at the time.
e non so se è rimasto ferito qualcuno, perché io a quei tempi non ero a casa, -
I was always on the move between the mountains and Reggio.
I was always on the move between the mountains and Reggio.
ero un po’ in montagna, un po’ a Reggio a seconda, io ero sempre in viaggio. -
Antifascist families; Jewish families
Antifascist families; Jewish families
Famiglie antifasciste; famiglie ebree -
No, thank God! Not my father!
No, thank God! Not my father!
No, per l’amor di dio mio padre, no. -
He was already a partisan
He was already a partisan
Mio padre già faceva... già faceva il partigiano -
when he would go to meet the others in the drying-rooms in a forest called “trenta pere” (thirty pears).
when he would go to meet the others in the drying-rooms in a forest called “trenta pere” (thirty pears).
quando andava nei ritrovi la sera nei seccatoi che si chiamavano trenta pere, un bosco che si chiamava così -
These drying-rooms in the mountains were empty in the winter, so they would hold meetings there.
These drying-rooms in the mountains were empty in the winter, so they would hold meetings there.
e c’erano questi seccatoi di montanari che d’inverno non c’era nessuno allora loro andavano lì. -
Before the fascist regime began, was it 1922? No, maybe in 1928 or 1930 then.
Before the fascist regime began, was it 1922? No, maybe in 1928 or 1930 then.
Prima del regime fascista, è cominciato il ’22 non lo so... quando è cominciato? Eh, nel ’22 è cominciato? No, beh allora nel ’28, nel ’30 siamo.