European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We used battle names and nothing else.
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The real names were collected and then taken to Carpineti,
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where one of our comrades kept them hidden.
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He had all the names of our brigade, and later also of the 26th brigade lead by Luigi.
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He and his wife had been ordered not to expose themselves too much.
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For example, I was known as Toni, but he had my full name, my address.
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If the Germans took control of this, it would have been a disaster.
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They had found a cave with many hollows. We hid our names there. Nobody found them.
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“What battle name would you like?” - “Any name is alright for me” - “Is Toni ok?” - “Yes, Toni is good”.
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Many comrades opted for battle names like Lupo (wolf),
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Polvere (dust), others used their girlfriends’ names.
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A friend of mine had a girlfriend called Leda, so he chose Ledo for himself.
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Joining partisans: Who is the enemy?
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It’s quite normal that after these episodes I decided to become involved in the Resistance.
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I lied a little bit to my comrades,
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since I told them I couldn’t stay at home anymore and wanted to go to the mountains.
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I insisted heavily. I finally left.
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It was the beginning of March.
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We knew that there was a partisan unit in the mountains.
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My friend Cocchi and I were the ones in charge, Ugo Veronesi.
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