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I told him what would have happened if he was searched. He replied: “I would have done like Tomix (a movie hero fast with his guns)”.
I told him what would have happened if he was searched. He replied: “I would have done like Tomix (a movie hero fast with his guns)”.
“Va bene va bene, vai, vai”... E lui aveva due rivoltelle addosso e... e dico:“Fiorello se ti perquisivano?”. -
That’s how we always joked around.
That’s how we always joked around.
E dice: “Facevo il Tomix”, eh si scherzava così. -
The death of Fiorello
The death of Fiorello
La morte di Fiorello -
The Black Brigade, together with Germans, was going through the Ghiardo.
The Black Brigade, together with Germans, was going through the Ghiardo.
Cosa è successo, che sul Ghiardo si era incanalata la brigata nera con dei tedeschi... -
A twenty-year-old boy was walking on the road.
A twenty-year-old boy was walking on the road.
un ragazzo che camminava, un ragazzo, era un ventenne, -
He started running as soon as he saw the Black Brigade and the armoured vehicles.
He started running as soon as he saw the Black Brigade and the armoured vehicles.
che camminava sulla strada del Ghiardo, quando ha visto la brigata nera e gli autoblindi che arrivavano, -
He jumped over a hedge and ran into a small road towards the barn we were lying in in ambush.
He jumped over a hedge and ran into a small road towards the barn we were lying in in ambush.
è scappato attraverso, ha saltato la siepe e si è messo a correre attraverso i campi in campagna e ha infilato il viottolo che veniva nella casa dove eravamo noi nel fienile appostati. -
As we saw the Black Brigade truck coming in the courtyard we were forced to shoot.
As we saw the Black Brigade truck coming in the courtyard we were forced to shoot.
Noi vedendo il camioncino della brigata nera venire dentro il cortile siamo stati costretti a far fuoco. -
If they came inside they would have killed us.
If they came inside they would have killed us.
Beh dico se vengono ti fanno fuori... -
Then we moved out of the house and towards the hills. There the battle took place.
Then we moved out of the house and towards the hills. There the battle took place.
Portandosi fuori dalla casa, ci siamo portati lì nelle alture e lì è nato il combattimento, -
They lined up behind a hedge and started shooting. Fiorello was shot in the heart and died there.
They lined up behind a hedge and started shooting. Fiorello was shot in the heart and died there.
loro si sono schierati oltre la siepe sul viario e sparavano. E Fiorello ha preso un colpo di tacpum (fucile tedesco) nel cuore, ci ha lasciato le penne. -
We had started shooting because one of our comrades had run away
We had started shooting because one of our comrades had run away
Ma quando è scappato, quando è arrivato il camioncino nel cortile -
as the truck came in the courtyard. His name was Francia.
as the truck came in the courtyard. His name was Francia.
è scappato uno dei nostri che avevamo lì, Francia, è scappato e loro hanno sparato -
Instead of coming inside the barn, he ran towards the fields and was shot dead as well.
Instead of coming inside the barn, he ran towards the fields and was shot dead as well.
ecco perché noi abbiamo reagito, abbiamo sparato perché avevano sparato a uno dei nostri quando scappava, lui invece di venire su sul fienile -
They had shot one of our men, and that’s why we had to shoot back.
They had shot one of our men, and that’s why we had to shoot back.
scappava in campagna e purtroppo poverino ci ha lasciato le penne anche lui. -
We ended up killing all those who were inside the truck.
We ended up killing all those who were inside the truck.
E loro hanno sparato e noi abbiamo fatto fuori quanti ce n’erano sul camioncino. -
At night we went back there to collect Fiorello’s body.
At night we went back there to collect Fiorello’s body.
Fiorello siamo andati a prenderlo la sera -
They were waiting for us during the day.
They were waiting for us during the day.
perché di giorno erano appostati e non era possibile. -
We wrapped him up in a piece of cloth and took him to the cemetery of Codemondo
We wrapped him up in a piece of cloth and took him to the cemetery of Codemondo
Alla sera lo abbiamo avvolto in un panno e lo abbiamo portato nel cimitero di Codemondo -
where he had his family tomb, then celebrated his funeral amongst us.
where he had his family tomb, then celebrated his funeral amongst us.
dove c’era una tomba di famiglia e abbiamo fatto il funerale, un gruppetto fra di noi.