European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
-
The cold and the work
-
When we arrived there, the French asked us:
-
“Since you come from the outside, what do people say? How long will the war last?”.
-
We always thought we knew everything, and we told them it would only last one or two more months,
-
but they replied it would go on for another two years. They were right, the war went on for two more years.
-
There were women who had to work on the railroad with shovels and pickaxes.
-
Sometimes they were even pregnant, and trust me, that’s hard work.
-
They didn’t do a headcount at night,
-
to see who was back and who wasn’t, they didn’t care if ten of us had died during the day.
-
Similarly, they did not expect us to work too hard, but we had to be at work every day.
-
In my camp, after we woke up at five,
-
we were supposed to get up and leave with the others,
-
but after that there was no control on what we did during the day.
-
And in any case, there was nowhere we could go.
-
You were simply expected to be at work, even if you didn’t do anything all day.
-
It was very cold where we were.
-
There were Russian women, as well as some men.
-
The harsh life of the camp
-
All they gave us to eat was one of those tall loaves of dark bread.
-
It was a large loaf, but you had to split it in five pieces.
No more segments to load.
Loading more segments…
© 2009-2024 WebTranslateIt Software S.L. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service
·
Privacy Policy
·
Security Policy