European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We had to find a way to farm the land.
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Many women, even among our neighbours, had gone to work in the factories,
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taking advantage of the wartime industry. You have to imagine that men were at war
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while women were left at home to look after the children and take care of the family.
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We were very happy and felt like being born again.
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With two of my friends, those in the picture, we took an old flag. I don’t know where we found it, but we left on our bicycles.
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I was in the middle while they were on the sides, and we set off a parade in the country roads.
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Everybody was in the streets, so the parade grew more and more.
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From Castellazzo to Reggio it is seven or eight km.
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A whole group of youths – since the older ones were at war – rode their bicycles all the way to the city.
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Mussolini’s writings were everywhere:
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“Credere, obbedire, combattere” (Believe, obey, fight);
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“L’aratro traccia il solco e la spada lo difende” (The plough cuts furrows, the sword protects them).
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Some boys managed to find paint and went up the ladders to cover them.
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They also tried to pull down some of the monuments, the fasces or Mussolini’s busts.
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Confusion was rather high at that moment.
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The situation seemed to turn more complex, since we still had a King.
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Then September 8th 1943 arrived.
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That day we didn’t listen to the radio, since nobody had one.
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But the news moved fast, on our bicycles.
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