European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I spent two months in the San Tommaso prison, in Reggio Emilia,
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before they were forced to transfer us to make room for new inmates.
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We were 18 or 19, all fettered to the same chain.
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Our families had been told we would be at the station,
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so once we got there they had come to see us, and some of them were crying:
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we had to pretend everything was ok and force a smile in order to make it easier for them.
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When we arrived in Castelfranco, the warden came over and asked the sergeant, who was in charge of the guards,
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where they were supposed to put us, since the prison was also full.
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He asked where we came from, and when he was told we were from Reggio Emilia, he said:
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“If it was for me, I would just dump them in a cesspit”.
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Very funny, isn’t it?
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Although we had not done anything to be punished, they ended up putting us in confinement cells.
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The prison was full, but they had these special cells where they could fit one or two of us,
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There was only a small opening in the door, and a tiny window for some fresh air,
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so you never heard or saw anyone aside from the guard who came by to check on us every now and then.
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I spent more or less twenty days in Castelfranco.
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The old antifascists in Reggio
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There weren’t any real dangers, since they rather controlled those who were older than me.
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Even inside the Reggiane plant I was always an antifascist,
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just like many others who were less fortunate than I was.
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