European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I asked him "Where are you going?"
I asked him "Where are you going?"
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"They put me here, you're going with the Cervi group".
"They put me here, you're going with the Cervi group".
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I told him I wanted to stay together with him, we were like brothers,
I told him I wanted to stay together with him, we were like brothers,
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we couldn't stay in different groups with people we hardly knew.
we couldn't stay in different groups with people we hardly knew.
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"Sbafi "was the commander and "Mario" was the commissioner.
"Sbafi "was the commander and "Mario" was the commissioner.
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So I went to them and said: "Look, we are like brothers, you can't divide us".
So I went to them and said: "Look, we are like brothers, you can't divide us".
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And they said "Ok, no problem, where do you want to go?"
And they said "Ok, no problem, where do you want to go?"
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"It doesn't matter, as long as we are together".
"It doesn't matter, as long as we are together".
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So they put us thogether in the Cervi group and before evening they came and told us:
So they put us thogether in the Cervi group and before evening they came and told us:
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"Now you go up the the Cerreto-pass to block the street".
"Now you go up the the Cerreto-pass to block the street".
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Ceasefire
Ceasefire
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As for the ceasefire, I remember
As for the ceasefire, I remember
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that there was this little wall in front of our house
that there was this little wall in front of our house
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next to the road where we always stopped for a chat.
next to the road where we always stopped for a chat.
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I remember that as they announced these news around 5 p.m.,
I remember that as they announced these news around 5 p.m.,
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the news that the war was over, my sister screamed at me:
the news that the war was over, my sister screamed at me:
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"Hey, Francesco, they said on the radio that the war is over
"Hey, Francesco, they said on the radio that the war is over
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but now there will be discussions with the Germans ..."
but now there will be discussions with the Germans ..."
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So I went upstairs because in our house I was the only one in possession of a radio,
So I went upstairs because in our house I was the only one in possession of a radio,
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so I went to listen. They said something
so I went to listen. They said something