European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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the “Piccinini”, the one I was in, whose commander was Otello Salsi from Cervarezza.
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Then there was the “Bedeschi” group, whose commander was Luigi, one from Rivalta, a really nice guy.
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And then we formed the “Camillo Prampolini” group, a socialist leader,
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led by Valter from Cavriago, a big and bossy guy.
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Then we went to carry out the attack on Villa Minozzo.
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We went there on May 24th, the last day ...
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The Italian government was telling to all the ones that had escaped from war to return,
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but instead of handing us in to the government we carried out the attack to the command post in Villa Minozzo.
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We were about fifty, but there were some who ...
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I was placed in front of the barracks of the fascists, it was full of people inside,
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I could hear them sing their songs.
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I was a good marksman
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but I was fifty meters away in a hole and couldn't get out because ...
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We had a hard time because a plane came to shoot at us,
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so we got stuck in the ditch like frogs, surrounded by nettles.
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Hard moments.
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I told my fellows that were 70-80 meters away and said:
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"Shoot there, you shoot and we will walk under the shooting line!"
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It was an operation for covering people we wanted to rescue.
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They weren't experts, they shot like idiots with the machine guns, they shot a lot,
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