European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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this mess because when it was them shooting they didn’t need to save ammunition.
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We had to do it, but they had plenty.
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But I made it. The battle went well and they survived.
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We might laugh about it now, but can you figure out how many comrades survived when they all could have died?
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I didn’t even know this episode was known,
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until one day the Carabinieri came knocking at my door telling me
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that I would be awarded by the army, by the government.
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I would be awarded a silver medal for military valour.
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I wasn’t even proud of this, since I didn’t know that from such a story one could obtain this medal.
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Activities as a partisan; battle-name
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They called me Aurora and told me:
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“Aurora, here we need someone who stays on duty the whole time”.
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I was available night and day, unlike those who stayed at home
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and did their household chores.
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We needed someone who was always available.
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I said alright, I’ll learn. I took typewriting classes, we got a typewriter and began my full daily life.
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I was a dispatch rider, I was a secretary, I did everything that needed to be done.
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In the beginning I went to Bologna twice a week,
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picking up weapons and ammunitions if needed, but mostly new orders coming from the central headquarters,
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which we depended on.
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