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Sister joins the partisans
Sister joins the partisans
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My sister joined the partisans after she had an argument with our mayor.
My sister joined the partisans after she had an argument with our mayor.
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She declared she would join the partisans from Carpineti because she wanted the war to end. She was furious.
She declared she would join the partisans from Carpineti because she wanted the war to end. She was furious.
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Did I tell you she was supposed to take my father’s place in jail?
Did I tell you she was supposed to take my father’s place in jail?
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One day, when she didn’t see my father come back, she went to find out
One day, when she didn’t see my father come back, she went to find out
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that my father had been sentenced to three days in jail.
that my father had been sentenced to three days in jail.
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She said that my father had to go home because he had a family to support, and she would take his place.
She said that my father had to go home because he had a family to support, and she would take his place.
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In the end they let them both go, after two days instead of three.
In the end they let them both go, after two days instead of three.
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My father had slapped the mayor,
My father had slapped the mayor,
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or I should say the podestà, that’s how he was called then.
or I should say the podestà, that’s how he was called then.
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When they came back home, my sister was really furious.
When they came back home, my sister was really furious.
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My father could not work as he wasn’t a member of the fascist party,
My father could not work as he wasn’t a member of the fascist party,
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and the only one who brought home any money at the time was one of my brothers,
and the only one who brought home any money at the time was one of my brothers,
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who had been working in the seminary for a long time then and was paid every two weeks.
who had been working in the seminary for a long time then and was paid every two weeks.
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My little sister also served in Parma. She was nine or ten years old, and went with a woman.
My little sister also served in Parma. She was nine or ten years old, and went with a woman.
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In the morning, she tended to little household affairs, in the afternoon she went with the contessa, who was a very old woman. She worked with the Red Cross.
In the morning, she tended to little household affairs, in the afternoon she went with the contessa, who was a very old woman. She worked with the Red Cross.
My mother did whatever she could. She also tried to help the partisans and the people in our village. -
Then she took her to the hospital. She was crazy about treating the wounded, treating people -- it was a real passion for her. It was because of this she joined the partisans.
Then she took her to the hospital. She was crazy about treating the wounded, treating people -- it was a real passion for her. It was because of this she joined the partisans.
She would give injections and take care of things: in the mountains nobody had anything at that time. -
And she was a nurse. She did whatever she could. She would give injections and take care of things. In short, she served the people.
And she was a nurse. She did whatever she could. She would give injections and take care of things. In short, she served the people.
My mother, poor woman, was the only one who knew how to give injections, -
She also tried to help the partisans and the people in our village: in the mountains nobody had anything at that time.
She also tried to help the partisans and the people in our village: in the mountains nobody had anything at that time.
so she was always dashing about, even at night, summoned by many families in the village. -
My mother, poor woman, was the only one who knew how to give injections, so she was always dashing about, called on by everyone, even at night.
My mother, poor woman, was the only one who knew how to give injections, so she was always dashing about, called on by everyone, even at night.