European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I was luckier than others, since I was given an English machine gun, a Sten gun, which was quite short.
I was luckier than others, since I was given an English machine gun, a Sten gun, which was quite short.
Io fortunatamente... sono stato fortunato più di altri, mi diedero un mitra inglese, uno Sten. Un mitra non lungo. -
You could disassemble it in three pieces and hide it, and put it together quickly.
You could disassemble it in three pieces and hide it, and put it together quickly.
Però funzionava anche perché si poteva smontare in tre pezzi e nasconderlo che poi si faceva presto a rimontarlo e così via. -
And I also had a 9 mm Beretta and four hand grenades.
And I also had a 9 mm Beretta and four hand grenades.
E una rivoltella Beretta calibro 9 e quattro bombe a mano, ecco. -
I stayed there with the First Battalion
I stayed there with the First Battalion
Dopo di che sono stato lì con il primo battaglione -
and we used to go on road 63, where German garrisons were all over the place.
and we used to go on road 63, where German garrisons were all over the place.
e si andava sulla Statale 63 e lì c’erano poi già tutti i presidi tedeschi... -
Not long after, around July, there was a great mop-up.
Not long after, around July, there was a great mop-up.
e poi avviene, proprio dopo non molto, verso luglio, avviene il grande rastrellamento: -
The Goering attacked, we fought back for a day and a half, two days.
The Goering attacked, we fought back for a day and a half, two days.
ci fu l’attacco della Goering. Ci fu una resistenza per un paio di giorni, un giorno e mezzo, due giorni. -
Then there was a disbandment,
Then there was a disbandment,
E poi alla fine ci fu lo sbandamento -
because it’s really hard to resist against an attack
because it’s really hard to resist against an attack
perché una divisione tedesca anche abbastanza corazzata con autoblindo, artiglieria, -
from a German division with armoured vehicles, artillery, small airplanes, special forces.
from a German division with armoured vehicles, artillery, small airplanes, special forces.
piccoli aerei, truppe specializzate, diventa difficile resistere a un attacco di questo genere. -
Maybe it wasn’t even right to fight back as we did,
Maybe it wasn’t even right to fight back as we did,
Poi forse ripensandoci adesso non era neanche giusto resistere a quella maniera lì, -
since guerrilla means attacking and withdrawing, coming back and so on.
since guerrilla means attacking and withdrawing, coming back and so on.
perché guerriglia voleva dire attaccarli, scappare, attaccarli e scappare e tornare insomma, ecco. -
That time however it was decided to fight back jointly. We suffered many casualties in the end.
That time however it was decided to fight back jointly. We suffered many casualties in the end.
Invece si era voluto quella volta lì, fare un fronte... e poi l’abbiamo anche pagata, perché ci furono molti morti, anche qualche disperso... -
Then the Germans took away more than a thousand men:
Then the Germans took away more than a thousand men:
poi portarono via più di mille uomini, i tedeschi, -
all those who were able to work, and I think also a few women, were sent to Germany.
all those who were able to work, and I think also a few women, were sent to Germany.
tutti quelli che catturavano che erano in condizione di potere lavorare, li portarono in Germania, e anche qualche... credo solo un paio di donne, ma un migliaio di uomini li hanno portati via. -
That time there was a complete disbandment.
That time there was a complete disbandment.
Perciò lì, ci fu lo sbandamento, uno sbandamento completo. -
After that, the Germans left,
After that, the Germans left,
E dopo i tedeschi sono partiti, -
their division withdrew, but the garrisons on road 63 remained until the end of the war.
their division withdrew, but the garrisons on road 63 remained until the end of the war.
però la divisione si è ritirata, ma i presidi sulla Statale 63 sono rimasti, come sempre, sono rimasti fino alla fine della guerra, ecco. -
We slowly recovered, difficultly,
We slowly recovered, difficultly,
E dopo pianino pianino si sono ricomposte le fila, però a fatica, -
and I remember I stayed home around ten days because of this, helping my father,
and I remember I stayed home around ten days because of this, helping my father,
che mi ricordo che sono stato a casa una decina di giorni, che ho aiutato anche mio padre a seminare il grano, proprio perché...