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Antifascist family

I was born in Gavasseto.

I had three sisters, my mother and father were socialists.

They worked for the Socialist Party and took part in its activities.

Therefore, I was an antifascist since I was a kid,

and I remember neatly the day when, in 1923 –  
I think I was five then –

the consumer cooperative of Gavasseto was burned down.

From that day, I’ve never been a member of the Fascist Party.

an environment which I did not want to be involved in.

Even there, every day was a struggle.

Anything you did, or whatever you might have needed,

I did not believe in this and didn’t want the card,

my parents and my two older sisters.

Our teachers were not like the ones you might find today.

I remember that my teacher was from Casalgrande and walked all the way to school and back, poor woman.

Going to school was not considered too important.

I stopped attending school.