European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Then the Germans took away more than a thousand men:
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all those who were able to work, and I think also a few women, were sent to Germany.
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That time there was a complete disbandment.
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After that, the Germans left,
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their division withdrew, but the garrisons on road 63 remained until the end of the war.
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We slowly recovered, difficultly,
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and I remember I stayed home around ten days because of this, helping my father,
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while my brother had gone away with Frigio, Bedeschi. They were faster in getting back together.
while my brother had gone away with Frigio, Bedeschi. They were faster in getting back together.
while my brother had gone away with "Frigio" and the Bedeschi unit. They were faster in getting back together. -
Sure, there were moments we were afraid,
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but actually, it was more about being irresponsible than afraid.
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When I think about it now, I realize that we could have done so much more without that much efforts and dangers.
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I’ve been afraid one night because I had never heard this German machine gun shoot,
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they called it “raganella” (tree frog): it could shoot so fast, so many bullets.
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That was really the only time my heart was pounding.
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Later I realized it was quite distant, but at the moment I thought it was there, a few steps away,
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this nasty sound in the silence of the night.
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I felt fear that night, at least for a short time.
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Massacre at Bettola, June 1944
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Then there was this episode in La Bettola.
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It was a shocking event for our province.
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