There’s a siren at 9:00. It’s Sunday, I am home. I go to the shelter. A few minutes later, the shooting begins. It ends after a few hours and yet again we are safe, this time they bombed the railway.

Another siren, it stops after an hour, they changed their target this time.

The siren went off for three hours, bombs were scattered everywhere. Thank God none fell in our area.

Another siren, this time Munich was the chosen target but they didn’t drop many bombs.

Today, they flew over Munich again and dropped bombs on many areas of the city. The tram tracks, which were already damaged, were further destroyed. At night we eat a plate of potatoes with no seasoning and a plate of warm water called “soup”, then we go to bed.

It has been raining for three days, the sun never shines, what a miserable place! To think that in Casale right now it’s sweltering hot while here I’m wearing a coat. It’s been 10 months since the Germans snatched me, taking me to Germany to work, to be their slave. It’s been 10 months since I’ve had news from my darling Carmosina and our dear children! That fateful day of September 23rd is stuck in my mind, I will never forget it. But I hope to God that by next September 23rd, I will be home with my dear family so I can embrace them and never leave them again!

Siren.

The siren went off at midnight, we got up and went to the “shelter”, so to speak… even a small bomb would destroy it completely. We keep praying that God will keep us safe from all danger and allow us to return to our families who are far away and desolate! I think about my darling wife and our dear kids. I always made sure they had what they needed, I wonder if they have the necessities now. I think about little Marina, when I left she was 5 months old, now she is 15 months old and must be running in the streets with her brother, I imagine she already says “papa”, her mother must have taught her! But she doesn’t know me! I hope to go home soon and put an end to this suffering.

While we’re eating a plate of warm water, the siren goes off. We immediately hear the antiaircraft artillery shooting but no bombs, they must have bombed further away.

Siren.