European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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For example, we handed out leaflets and circulated news. News went around in our bags, by bicycle.
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As for leaflets, if you were stopped, just like they did with me in front of the hospice,
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you would have been locked up for the rest of your life.
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We moved weapons around. I used to hide hand grenades in a bag with potatoes:
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hand grenades at the bottom, potatoes on top.
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Especially at the beginning, partisans assaulted fascist garrisons to get hold of weapons.
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These weapons had to be carried around from one person to the other.
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It was also vital to circulate news. Those in the mountains had to know what was going on in the lowlands.
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We would go back and forth to pass on these small notes regarding the Germans’ activities,
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if mop-ups were taking place, if our men were in danger.
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In the event of a mop-up we told each other by bicycle.
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Then four or five of us from around the hamlet would pass on the warning.
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In about half an hour the boys and men who had deserted knew that they had to leave and hide in the countryside.
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July 25th and September 8th 1943
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In 1941 we received a telegram informing us that my brother Mario had died. He had been sent to Greece.
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Another brother went to Ukraine directly from Albania.
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Another one was also recalled for military service and went to Mentone,
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in France, as Italy wanted to regain the area.
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The brother who was a victim of political persecution had not been recalled and was at home,
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along with the youngest one, who was not of age yet, the kids and the women.
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