European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Not in my department or in the tooling department, where some of my friends were arrested.
Not in my department or in the tooling department, where some of my friends were arrested.
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From then on I started some soul-searching: what was I really doing?
From then on I started some soul-searching: what was I really doing?
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I was working day and night to boost production for the war,
I was working day and night to boost production for the war,
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while war killed people.
while war killed people.
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I was shocked.
I was shocked.
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From that moment on I tried
From that moment on I tried
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to get in contact with the antifascists, but it was impossible.
to get in contact with the antifascists, but it was impossible.
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It was already the summer of ’43 when I went to Sassuolo to visit a friend.
It was already the summer of ’43 when I went to Sassuolo to visit a friend.
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I knew him as an antifascist, hoping he could help me to become part of the movement.
I knew him as an antifascist, hoping he could help me to become part of the movement.
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He told me he couldn’t, since he was indeed an antifascist but he wasn’t organized.
He told me he couldn’t, since he was indeed an antifascist but he wasn’t organized.
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There was another comrade in my department
There was another comrade in my department
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who I was friend with, his name was Armando Grassi from Gattaglio.
who I was friend with, his name was Armando Grassi from Gattaglio.
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I told him I wanted to be involved and I finally convinced him.
I told him I wanted to be involved and I finally convinced him.
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He put me in touch with a guy called Corradini,
He put me in touch with a guy called Corradini,
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whose name I actually found out only after the war, and that he was from Cavazzoli.
whose name I actually found out only after the war, and that he was from Cavazzoli.
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From then on I became active in the underground movement.
From then on I became active in the underground movement.
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At the beginning I didn’t do much.
At the beginning I didn’t do much.
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I really started after the fall of Mussolini, on the 8th of September.
I really started after the fall of Mussolini, on the 8th of September.
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After that we really began to look for weapons.
After that we really began to look for weapons.
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I lived 500 meters away from the rail tracks.
I lived 500 meters away from the rail tracks.