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Fascism had set up an alliance with the Germans and had wanted war by all means:
Fascism had set up an alliance with the Germans and had wanted war by all means:
Es war der Faschismus, der die Allianz mit den Deutschen etabliert hatte und unbedingt den Krieg wollte: -
the war in Spain, the war in Ethiopia, the occupation of Albania, the last war.
the war in Spain, the war in Ethiopia, the occupation of Albania, the last war.
den Krieg in Spanien, den Krieg in Äthiopien, die Besetzung Albaniens, den letzten Krieg, es waren die Faschisten. -
We despised the fascists more than the Germans.
We despised the fascists more than the Germans.
Kurz: Wir verachteten die Faschisten noch mehr als die Deutschen. -
Although the Germans were responsible for brutalities, the fascists weren’t any better.
Although the Germans were responsible for brutalities, the fascists weren’t any better.
Auch wenn die Deutschen für Grausamkeiten verantwortlich waren – die Faschisten waren kein Deut besser. -
It was time to stop this war.
It was time to stop this war.
Es war an der Zeit, diesen Krieg zu beenden. -
I started feeling this, searching my conscience.
I started feeling this, searching my conscience.
Ich fing an, dies zu spüren; mein Gewissen zu prüfen. -
I might have even seemed responsible,
I might have even seemed responsible,
Mir schien, ich sei mitschuldig, -
and somehow I was, given my job, given the fact that I was producing weapons.
and somehow I was, given my job, given the fact that I was producing weapons.
in gewisser Weise war ich ja verantwortlich, wenn man sich meine Arbeit anschaute, wenn man sich anschaute, dass ich Waffen produzierte, -
I felt a bit guilty, an accomplice in all this.
I felt a bit guilty, an accomplice in all this.
so dass ich mich ein bisschen schuldig, als Komplize in diesem Ganzen fühlte. -
That’s why we were trying to go to the mountains to fight the Germans and the fascists,
That’s why we were trying to go to the mountains to fight the Germans and the fascists,
Das ist der Grund warum wir mit ein paar Freunden versuchten, in die Berge zu gehen, um gegen die Deutschen und die Faschisten zu kämpfen, -
with such a drive you couldn’t even imagine.
with such a drive you couldn’t even imagine.
mit einer Inbrunst, die man sich gar nicht vorstellen kann. -
Toni starts antifascist activities
Toni starts antifascist activities
Toni inizia l’attivitá antifascista -
Fascist propaganda was telling us the communists in Spain
Fascist propaganda was telling us the communists in Spain
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had raped and stabbed to death some nuns, so I really didn’t like communism much.
had raped and stabbed to death some nuns, so I really didn’t like communism much.
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Then what happened?
Then what happened?
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It was 1943, the war was starting,
It was 1943, the war was starting,
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people were talking about our retreats in Russia and in Northern Africa, the bombings, etc.
people were talking about our retreats in Russia and in Northern Africa, the bombings, etc.
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In spring 1943, strikes began at the Reggiane plant.
In spring 1943, strikes began at the Reggiane plant.
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Not in my department or in the tooling department, where some of my friends were arrested.
Not in my department or in the tooling department, where some of my friends were arrested.
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From then on I started some soul-searching: what was I really doing?
From then on I started some soul-searching: what was I really doing?