European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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on an improvised stretcher, and walked towards the hospice singing:
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“Allarme siam fascisti” (Call to arms, we’re fascists).
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The checkpoint at the hospice was right by the railway crossing.
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They took my bicycle. That bicycle was everything to me.
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It was a young girl’s Ferrari.
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The problem was I was carrying a bag with some partisan stuff.
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I immediately held on to the bag real tight and started to scream and cry.
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It was all an act, although I was also a little bit afraid.
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A fascist stared at me for a while, then took my bicycle and threw it at me.
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We both fell on the ground, the bicycle and I. I got back on my feet quickly, and he told me:
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“Do not ever come around here again”.
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I can still remember his boots were very tall. He seemed like a giant to me. That’s how it felt then.
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Women defence groups
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We set up Women support groups.
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These groups were the first important women organizations.
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It was the women themselves who spontaneously set them up.
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These groups had specific purposes.
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Something drew us together, even those women who had believed in fascism in the ‘20s.
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We had all understood that fascism led to nothing positive.
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There were women whose sons had died in war,
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