European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We were more than 600 and we entered the boat just like all these Moroccans do today.
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We went to sea through the Velebit which is what the place is called there.
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We went into the villages with the megaphones but the Italian Army didn't want us, no-one would take us,
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so we didn't know what to do.
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They told us that the Germans were out there and that the land was mined because they didn't want night attacks,
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so the Commander said to us we could go to Ancona and we all immediately agreed.
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Then I fell asleep on a pile of ropes, starving, and when I woke up I saw Ancona on the coast.
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We got off there and they brought us to an old factory that was full of people.
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They put sergeants there as guards, and I was a sergeant, they wouldn't let anyone pass.
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I had no Lira in my pocket, only Kunas, the Croatian currency.
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There was a greengrocer there and I wanted grapes
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so I went there to take a look and the lady said:
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“Do you want grapes?” and I said “Yes madam, but I have no money”.
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So she gave me the grapes for free.
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She was like a mother, she asked me where I came from
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and she said that the Germans were coming up from Jesi, from Ancona,
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and that they were seizing the soldiers.
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I went back and talked to the other seven fellows from Reggio Emilia.
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Three came with me, we went home,
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we had a hard time but after eleven days we reached our homes walking and by train.
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