European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

We were already at home,

since we were on our bicycles, and there were about 3 or 4 km between Montecavolo and Scampate.

Beginning of the clandestine work

From the 8th of September I began to know where the comrades were,

in order to go and warn them that they were going to be arrested again.

For example, Felice from Puianello, they sent somebody for me to go inform Alfeo Viani

that they were already on the list of those who would be arrested again.

Also Didoni, from Scampate, more or less all of them.

I would go and warn these comrades,

then they all met in Scampate at Chicco’s, at Castellani’s home.

I didn’t really attend the meetings.

They did call me there,

but they met to assign various functions, since they were all “leaders”.

They sent me in town to go shopping, buy the glasses, the hats,

things that would allow them to disguise themselves and get away,

even if they moved about at night.

Then each was given his assignment.

From then on, some started to go to the mountains, but there was absolutely nothing ready there.

We would go visit families who we knew were antifascist, who were against the war…

First of all, there were already some soldiers who had succeeded in deserting, and we told them to go to the mountains.