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My father went on: “So now you’ll leave, too.
My father went on: “So now you’ll leave, too.
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I have a son who’s been away for a year now, and I don’t know where he is and if he’s alive.
I have a son who’s been away for a year now, and I don’t know where he is and if he’s alive.
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As for the other one, I have had no news for the last three months. He came home for a while but I don’t know where he is now”.
As for the other one, I have had no news for the last three months. He came home for a while but I don’t know where he is now”.
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There was no communication with the families from the mountains to the valley.
There was no communication with the families from the mountains to the valley.
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“Now you’re going away, too, and I’ll stay home with your sister, a ten year old girl.
“Now you’re going away, too, and I’ll stay home with your sister, a ten year old girl.
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But I think that you made the right choice.
But I think that you made the right choice.
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At least you’ll have a chance to save and defend yourself, unlike us who will end up like mice trapped at home.
At least you’ll have a chance to save and defend yourself, unlike us who will end up like mice trapped at home.
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Just remember that your father thinks a lot of you”.
Just remember that your father thinks a lot of you”.
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That was what my father told me.
That was what my father told me.
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Transport of weapons, ammunition, radios
Transport of weapons, ammunition, radios
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He told me:
He told me:
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“Listen, we need someone to bring what we need to the mountains, especially ammunition and weapons.
“Listen, we need someone to bring what we need to the mountains, especially ammunition and weapons.
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Do you think you can do it?” I said yes.
Do you think you can do it?” I said yes.
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The Ferrari brothers at the time had a butchery near the D’Alberto movie theatre.
The Ferrari brothers at the time had a butchery near the D’Alberto movie theatre.
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Two brothers were in the mountains with the partisans of the Don Pasquino detachment,
Two brothers were in the mountains with the partisans of the Don Pasquino detachment,
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another one was with the fascists.
another one was with the fascists.
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I asked them what they’d do to this brother once the war was over.
I asked them what they’d do to this brother once the war was over.
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They replied: “He’s with the fascists because we sent him.
They replied: “He’s with the fascists because we sent him.
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He was a fascist and they were glad to take him, so now he sends out some weapons for us.
He was a fascist and they were glad to take him, so now he sends out some weapons for us.
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When we tell you where to go, just go there and he’ll hand you some stuff”.
When we tell you where to go, just go there and he’ll hand you some stuff”.