European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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"Let's talk. We don't have any money, it's raining, we don't know where the partisans are,
"Let's talk. We don't have any money, it's raining, we don't know where the partisans are,
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they don't tell us anything here, what shall we do? Shall we go home?
they don't tell us anything here, what shall we do? Shall we go home?
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But we can't go home any more ..."
But we can't go home any more ..."
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He tried to calm me, he was older than me (he was born in 1924, I in 1926).
He tried to calm me, he was older than me (he was born in 1924, I in 1926).
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But eventually I took my ID-card out of my wallet, I looked at him and told him:
But eventually I took my ID-card out of my wallet, I looked at him and told him:
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"Look, all our will to find the rebels is this".
"Look, all our will to find the rebels is this".
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And I tore the ID in pieces. He asked me why I had done so
And I tore the ID in pieces. He asked me why I had done so
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and I told him: "What do you think we're going to do back home, show that we still have our ID?
and I told him: "What do you think we're going to do back home, show that we still have our ID?
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They already know that we went for a walk to see how it is".
They already know that we went for a walk to see how it is".
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And then I leaned against the poplar and cried, I was like a two-year-old child.
And then I leaned against the poplar and cried, I was like a two-year-old child.
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The whole day was like that.
The whole day was like that.
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We didn't even have the money to go and buy something, but there was nothing to buy, anyway.
We didn't even have the money to go and buy something, but there was nothing to buy, anyway.
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In the evening we saw a guy coming towards us.
In the evening we saw a guy coming towards us.
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He was the one that i had brought the radio, he was from Gavasseto.
He was the one that i had brought the radio, he was from Gavasseto.
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He recognised me and said: "Are you the guy from Magnani?
He recognised me and said: "Are you the guy from Magnani?
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You came to install my radio, remember, I live in Gavasseto ..." "Yes, I remember".
You came to install my radio, remember, I live in Gavasseto ..." "Yes, I remember".
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So we loaded up all the stuff and went.
So we loaded up all the stuff and went.
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The partisans were staying at Capanne di Succiso.
The partisans were staying at Capanne di Succiso.
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After lunch they divided into groups
After lunch they divided into groups
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and me and my friend Pancio found ourselves in different groups.
and me and my friend Pancio found ourselves in different groups.