European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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They were to take away Reggio Emilia’s theatre curtain. It had been crafted by the great painter Chierici.
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They should take it to Bologna, then to Berlin. It was a specific order, to be carried out urgently.
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Our informer came to my house. He knew I was involved in the Resistance, and told me about this:
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“I’m telling you they received an official order to take away Reggio Emilia’s curtain,
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take it to Bologna and then send it to Berlin”.
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Fiorello and I decided we had to do something about it.
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We got together and devised our plan. We had to carry the curtain away.
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It was more than 20 meters long, so we couldn’t transport it with a car or a small truck.
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We had to find a suitable vehicle.
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One of us found a truck in Rubiera, where he also came from, I think.
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We had to wrap the curtain somehow once we had rolled it, to be able to hide it.
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We thought about putting the curtain into one of those large pipes that where used for water.
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One of us found a large copper pipe.
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We had to lower the curtain, since half of it was still hanging.
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Five of us went inside, together with two other blindfolded men,
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one of whom we doubted being a theatre employee.
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We had to use the wooden pulleys. They now use automatic ones.
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Anyway, we lowered the curtain and slowly managed to move it. However another problem emerged.
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In order not to be fined by the police for bringing such a large truck behind the theatre, one had to ask for permission.
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I told them we had to bring out some odds and ends and that we needed the truck to load everything on it.
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