European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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you couldn't know if one was with you or against you,
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or it could be a weak guy, weakened by fear,
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one who might run away and tell this and that if he got arrested ...
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September 8th, 1943
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In Yugoslavia we surrendered, we went to the pier,
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they brought us there and we stayed there for two days and one night,
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with no food, nothing, no arms, without knowing what to do or where to go.
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Then a big boat passed by and the Yugoslavians used megaphones
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to call them to come and get us,
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they even shot at it to make the boat come to the beach.
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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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