European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

At that time the peasants did not lock their doors as they do today,

they left the door open to go to the stable.

I knocked at the door and called: "Grandma! Grandma!"

When she saw me she got scared and fell off the chair she was sitting on.

I tried to pick her up and the daughter came down asking what was going on.

I said: "Nothing, nothing".

She said: "We heard shooting, we heard noises, what's going on?"

"Nothing, now, we’ll take care of your grandma and then we'll see."

I had long hair and a long beard, I was wet from head to toes,

my clothes were freezing because I'd stayed outside in the cold all night.

We took care of the grandma and then her husband came down

and we talked, and I said:

"Look, if I came here into your house and you are a sympathizer with us

nothing happens to you and we're all fine,

"There's nothing bad, we'll fix it all".

So we had a chat and I asked "Do you know Bruna?"

Bruna was the "staffetta" from Cavriago,

a few days later they caught her and tortured her, they did all sort of thing to her ...