European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
-
There he met Gordon and some other “special” boys, so Don Carlo suggested they could join the English unit.
-
At that time paratroopers were starting to be dropped in the area,
-
and they had set up the English command with radio transmitters in Secchio.
-
They asked the Central Headquarters to provide them with around 25 skilled partisans,
-
who had been there for a while and were well trained.
-
You have to realise that at the beginning there were all sorts of people in the mountains,
-
but the English only wanted experienced men, so 25 partisans were chosen to join them.
-
Then they had to set up a dispatch-carriers unit,
-
and I was the only one assigned to Reggio, at the local headquarters.
-
I was told to go see a group of men I already knew. There was Grandi, a lawyer, Piccinini, an architect, and the Count Calvi.
-
They were six initially, then Mattia told me that one was killed.
-
Still, at the beginning there were these six antifascists who were in charge of things in Reggio.
-
I had to go home to my mother’s and uncles’ house. They were staying in Davoli’s house,
-
or I should rather say Kiss, the one in charge of the dispatch-riders, who had set up quite a few things.
-
However I was the only one who would go to Reggio.
-
They realised I would remember things and take care of everything properly.
-
I often didn’t write things down, although sometimes I did, in order to remember the names of the Germans for example.
-
I would have eaten the slips of paper if I was caught.
-
To give you an example, when they told me to go and inform the others that a mop-up was scheduled, lead by Dolmann or Surmann,
-
who were in charge of these things, I would write down the most important names and information.
No more segments to load.
Loading more segments…
© 2009-2024 WebTranslateIt Software S.L. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service
·
Privacy Policy
·
Security Policy