European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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After I had a son and a family of my own,
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I told him what I had gone through when I was seven.
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So every year at Easter, he brings me a huge Easter egg.
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Liberation of Reggio Emilia
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After we had blown up the bridges we were to go to Reggio with our unit,
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to the “Buco del Signore” district, to find out what the situation was.
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At 8 the 26th Brigade would arrive to enter the city.
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My duty was to blow up the bridges to stop the Germans,
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then leave on the 24th and reach Buco del Signore.
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We blew up all the bridges.
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At 5 in the evening I was there with my unit.
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I had left the mountains, a lovely family, and we were all crying for our separation…
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The brigade arrived at 8. At 10 we headed out
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and Luigi ordered me to place myself at the head of the brigade
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to monitor the situation and proceed slowly to avoid mines or traps.
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We entered the city slowly and arrived at the San Pietro gate.
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We crossed the ring road and there was an Allied column on the road:
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they were eating - we didn’t know what that was, chewing gum -
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and you couldn’t hear them walking by as they had rubber under their shoes, while we made so much noise.
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We went in from San Pietro and reached the centre.
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