European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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since it really was a dictatorship then.
since it really was a dictatorship then.
perché era una dittatura allora. -
By the time I left San Bartolomeo I was already part of the clandestine Communist Party.
By the time I left San Bartolomeo I was already part of the clandestine Communist Party.
Prima di venir via da San Bartolomeo ero già organizzata nel Partito Comunista clandestino. -
I had a cousin who had been incarcerated, his name was Nello Strozzi.
I had a cousin who had been incarcerated, his name was Nello Strozzi.
Io arrestato avevo un cugino che si chiamava Strozzi Nello. -
And then also my boyfriend’s brother.
And then also my boyfriend’s brother.
E poi c’era... beh il fratello del mio fidanzato -
Me and my boyfriend had started dating when I was eighteen,
Me and my boyfriend had started dating when I was eighteen,
che poi io e il fidanzato abbiamo cominciato che avevo 18 anni, -
he was of the Viani family, his name was Alfeo.
he was of the Viani family, his name was Alfeo.
era un Viani, Alfeo; e poi tanti conoscenti, amici, vicini di casa ... -
Introduction, childhood during fascism
Introduction, childhood during fascism
Presentazione; infanzia nel fascismo -
My name is Lidia Valeriani.
My name is Lidia Valeriani.
Mi chiamo Lidia Valeriani, -
I was born on the 23rd of January 1923
I was born on the 23rd of January 1923
sono nata il 23 gennaio del 1923 -
in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella,
in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella,
a Montecavolo di Quattro Castella -
in a small hamlet called Scampate.
in a small hamlet called Scampate.
in una frazioncina di Montecavolo che era chiamata Scampate, -
Awful fascist times.
Awful fascist times.
forse in brutto periodo fascista -
My father was a victim of political persecution.
My father was a victim of political persecution.
perché mio padre era già un perseguitato. -
I had two brothers older than I,
I had two brothers older than I,
Prima di me avevo altri due fratelli -
and six more followed, making us a family of nine brothers.
and six more followed, making us a family of nine brothers.
poi ne sono nati altri sei: eravamo una famiglia di nove fratelli. -
As soon as we started to go to school,
As soon as we started to go to school,
Anche quando abbiamo incominciato ad andare a scuola, fin dai 6 anni, -
we already understood that things were different for us children of antifascists,
we already understood that things were different for us children of antifascists,
già capivamo che noi che eravamo figli di antifascisti c’erano delle differenze da quelli che -
compared to those of the fascists, who were enrolled in the “Balilla”, in the “Piccole Italiane” - the fascist youth organizations.
compared to those of the fascists, who were enrolled in the “Balilla”, in the “Piccole Italiane” - the fascist youth organizations.
erano figli di fascisti e che erano già iscritti ai balilla, alle piccole italiane ecc. A scuola c’erano già queste cose. -
I noticed and realized this when I was six,
I noticed and realized this when I was six,
Io già a 6 anni che le vedevo e le capivo -
and I started asking my father why we were considered differently from the others.
and I started asking my father why we were considered differently from the others.
chiedevo a mio padre il perché noi eravamo considerati a scuola con delle cose diverse dagli altri.