European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

One day we crossed the river Enza

and three people drowned, one from Rivalta.

So we reach the other shore and I went to the partisans of Parma

and asked them: "How many are you here?" and one said:

"We have one team here and one there",

so I said "Let's do the guard tonight". I was leading a big group,

more than 50 partisans and he had a little team.

So I said: "Shall we do the guard team with one of your men and one of mine?"

and he replied: "No, we will do the surveillance tonight,

you already crossed the river, you're tired and wet".

But at night you could hear them dancing and playing,

there were about ten partisans, i go in and ask:

"How many partisans are you here?" "It's twelve of us".

"But how many are you here?" "No, we're not doing surveillance at night".

So I let them stop playing and called the team leader and told him:

"Now you'll deal with me" and let him do the guard shift and in the morning I left

with the Russians that were there.

We went uphill, high up, and after a while the Germans came and took them.

They killed one, one from Reggio,

whose name was given to the street that leads to the cemetery of Reggio Emilia.