“Comrades,

Fortune was not on our side on the night of 29 January, 1945.

Overwhelmed by numbers and by deceit of the nazists and fascists,

we of the 7th Garibaldi Command, fighting, here died.

But we tell you, comrades, that even stronger than regret for the life fleeting from us

was in us the cognizance of dying for your freedom.”

78 years later, remembering twelve partigiani fighting and dying for mine and my country’s freedom. More (in Italian)