European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
-
I was holding my machine gun on one side and the rope on the other side.
-
"Mirko" and the big man, Giovannone, that was the name we were calling him,
-
went first and then told us to do the same.
-
I was one of the first ones to cross the river and all of a sudden the fog lifted.
-
It seemed to be done on purpose:
-
all of a sudden you could see the street all the way up to Vetto.
-
There were some Germans and when they saw us they started to shoot at us,
-
we could hear the bullets whistle into the water, it was terrible.
-
On the other shore there were the partisans from Parma
-
and when they heard the Germans starting to shoot at us, they started to shoot at us, too.
-
We shouted at them not to shoot, that we were partisans just like them.
-
These donkies!
-
A few days ago I told them again, as we remembered those events,
-
because they killed four partisans.
-
The partisans kept going despite the shooting because there was no other way:
-
being shot by the Germans or drown in the water.
-
So we passed and as we reached the other shore
-
I talked to the commander of these partisans and told him they were donkies
-
but he said he'd mistaken us for Germans.
-
I asked: "Do you think the Germans come passing the river together with us?"
No more segments to load.
Loading more segments…
© 2009-2024 WebTranslateIt Software S.L. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service
·
Privacy Policy
·
Security Policy