WAR STORIES

1. What is your name? Caterina T. 1927 September 5

2. When started the 2nd World War, where were you ?

I 'm from the country , 100 km of here . Belong Braila . Coltea village , Braila. We have

100 km to our village , we know there was war , it was here in the city when it was

learned that germans come in our village . There was ransacked between people who

haved big girls , we had a yard with a shop where I had pigeons and finished . From there

he climbed the chimney and made clean , we put a new and three neighboring pres and

we got up there and enter the warehouse was half bridge and entered the shed, gave us

water, food , ... The germans came . I thought it goes . Our parents were in another village

. They came on all streets , as the country with cars and came the boss, the mayor came

and made every yard channel and forced many people to cut their sheep two , make them

food. That night we got up and sat there and. Now they knew as comrades , were in all the

houses , and they were all there, we look through the crack . Did nothing : the boys were

calm and determined mother who learned from her school in the village that was the

command center where the germans came and they all said, " Stoiana, those girls are up

there , give them food, what to do ? They are quiet , do not say nothing , do nothing . Let

them talking. There were a man who was walking and came and said : " Aunt , until

evening girls sit down as if something happens kite eats " . And we sat there and we

started to head out a little, little bit. Some germans boys were so beautiful guys ,

beautiful young people were then employed and he had many war mean he had the army

at war. They were young and in the beginning when we saw begin to wonder what it was

as they say in chickens , as they say in the coconut , as they say pig , and we wrote a paper

we wrote what they say to overtake them there a month came to us in the yard there some

young people all get together . I slept in parents room .

3. How old were you during one of the 2nd World War? 17 years

4. You have lost relatives or friends during the war?

No. I have 58 years of marriage.

5. Immediately after the war, what life was like in Romania?

Collective

Interview made by Alessia Bruni,EVS volunteer from Italy