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Executing someone who is unarmed and shaking is not a nice act, it's just a shame.

You are forced to do these things, to violate people, rape someone who is imploring you, destroying …

Unfortunately I have seen all these things,

even when I was a partisan, but I have never touched anybody, not even the enemies.

I was sending them to those who were interested in doing these kind of things

but I have a clear conscience, I haven't done anything.

One day they have celebrated a mass for us in the field, a military priest celebrated a mass

and then they sent us to be slaughtered like animals.

I haven't gone to Church ever since 1942 for this reason.

I also told a priest that I know, I say no.

I don't agree at all with that Pope that blessed the arms, I tell everybody,

arms must be cursed, not blessed.

I am a straightforward person, I do what I believe

and I don't want that someone imposes to me what I have to do because I can still think.

I have seen all kinds of things

and I know that if you keep you live comfortably, you sleep well and you don't have evil thoughts.

Presentation

My name is Camillo Marmiroli,

I was born on January 23rd, 1920 in Reggio Emilia.

My father was a poor worker who already had eight children.