European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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When our Cervi detachment came back I told Pancio,
When our Cervi detachment came back I told Pancio,
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who by that time had adopted this nickname, that I would like to stay in the "Anti-Fascist" detachment
who by that time had adopted this nickname, that I would like to stay in the "Anti-Fascist" detachment
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because we were doing fine there.
because we were doing fine there.
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We were starving in the other detachment but here they had food.
We were starving in the other detachment but here they had food.
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And it was a richer area, there were peasants whereas there only woods and nothing else existed.
And it was a richer area, there were peasants whereas there only woods and nothing else existed.
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And he said: "No, I'm fine in my group, we'll talk about it".
And he said: "No, I'm fine in my group, we'll talk about it".
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But we didn't talk anymore
But we didn't talk anymore
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and then the massacre of the Cervi detachment happened, they were all killed.
and then the massacre of the Cervi detachment happened, they were all killed.
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They got surrounded and surrendered but were all killed.
They got surrounded and surrendered but were all killed.
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We were very disappointed by then.
We were very disappointed by then.
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Our spirits were really low and we had only negative perspectives.
Our spirits were really low and we had only negative perspectives.
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When the commemoration here will be held on the 17th, or on the 21st
When the commemoration here will be held on the 17th, or on the 21st
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because it's always being celebrated on Sundays,
because it's always being celebrated on Sundays,
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I will go and take a look at the Cervi detachment.
I will go and take a look at the Cervi detachment.
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I can always say I was lucky because two or three times it was a coincidence and I always was lucky.
I can always say I was lucky because two or three times it was a coincidence and I always was lucky.
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Searching for the partisans
Searching for the partisans
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By that time Dalmazia Street and Dante Zanichelli Street became
By that time Dalmazia Street and Dante Zanichelli Street became
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something like an island
something like an island
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because everybody went to stay outside the city centre
because everybody went to stay outside the city centre
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where there were continuous bombings.
where there were continuous bombings.