European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

I sat down near an elm and heard the belltower of Barco.

It was one o'clock, half past one, two o'clock.

With the dawning daylight I saw there was a house nearby and went there.

There were no watchdogs, so I went to the window of the house

and saw an old lady with a stick lighting the fire.

I looked around and slowly slowly ...

At that time the peasants did not lock their doors as they do today,

they left the door open to go to the stable.

I knocked at the door and called: "Grandma! Grandma!"

When she saw me she got scared and fell off the chair she was sitting on.

I tried to pick her up and the daughter came down asking what was going on.

I said: "Nothing, nothing".

She said: "We heard shooting, we heard noises, what's going on?"

"Nothing, now, we’ll take care of your grandma and then we'll see."

I had long hair and a long beard, I was wet from head to toes,

my clothes were freezing because I'd stayed outside in the cold all night.

We took care of the grandma and then her husband came down

and we talked, and I said:

"Look, if I came here into your house and you are a sympathizer with us

nothing happens to you and we're all fine,