European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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shot him in the middle of the head and killed him.
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So that machine gun was useless.
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We were badly equipped, while they were really highly armed.
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Around 10:30 or 11, I was in the highest position in Cerrè Sologno,
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right in front of the spot where today you can find the monument of our fallen.
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I was with Viktor, a Russian who had a machine gun
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that had been taken from a fascist by the women in Montecavolo.
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That was the only machine gun we had.
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Then there was also one of my comrades from Cella. It was four of us there.
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I could overlook the whole main street of Cerrè Sologno.
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This young man was walking towards us with a gun.
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As he realized he had 3 or 4 guns aimed at him, he raised his hands and dropped his gun.
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We told him to come forward,
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then we arrested him, questioned him for some news, and took him to the command.
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There we saw Barbolini’s sister, Sonia, who was desperate.
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Our wounded men had already been taken there.
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She told us that a German unit from Cinque Cerri was on its way.
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If that company made it over there, it would have been a slaughtering for us.
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We didn’t have enough cover to draw back since the mountain behind us had more than a meter of snow.
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If we withdrew like that they would have shot us.
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