European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

There was the commander of the "Cervi" group, Arturo Gambuzzi,

there was Trolli that had come for a meeting,

there were a few other heads of unit,

they went to the hotel that was near the Cerreto pass.

After they'd ended the meeting they went down to the detachment

where I was and I must have been sleeping quite heavily because I didn't hear them.

So they started to shout: "Where is the sentinel? Where is the sentinel?

Isn't there supposed to be a sentinel here? Why is noone here?

Is this an area you can leave without a sentinel?"

So when they came closer i woke up and said:

"It's me, I'm here. My tooth aches ..." "Ok", they said, "let's talk about it tomorrow".

On the next day there was a big meeting at the Gabellina restaurant

to decide on my punishment.

I should have said that because of the tooth pain

I didn't feel comfortable with doing a night shift,

but the discipline we'd been taught was stronger,

I just wasn’t able to go to one of my comrades and ask him for a change.

It was my turn and I had to do it.

So I was sentenced to do one day of "stake".

They cleaned a plant where we were staying