European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

December 2006, Reggio Emilia

December 2006, Reggio Emilia. Annita Malavasi during the video interviews for ERA.

December 2006, Reggio Emilia

December 2006, Reggio Emilia. Annita Malavasi during the video interviews for ERA

Pierino Beggi at 19, in 1939

Partisan ID card

The partisan ID card that was given to Beggi after the Liberation (They were called freedom volunteers after the liberation of Rome, referring to the newly established Freedom Volunteers Corps).

January 1940. Beggi (last one standing to the right)

January 1940. Beggi (last one standing to the right) strikes a funny pose with some friends before leaving for military service.

Lorenzo Gennari (Fiorello)

Lorenzo Gennari (Fiorello), a GAP member who died in combat on 13 April 1945 and was awarded a Gold Medal for Military Valour. Beggi recalls him in his interview as a great friend and comrade.

Pierino Beggi withPalmiro Togliatti

1946. After the war, Beggi becomes a special constable. In this picture, he’s with Palmiro Togliatti, national secretary of the PCI after the Liberation, during Togliatti’s visit in Reggio Emilia. Pierino Beggi (second from left) was his bodyguard.

Allied document of the British Liaison Mission of May 1945, that certifies the role performed as »courier«

Allied document of the British Liaison Mission of May 1945, signed by Officer John Lees, that certifies the role performed as »courier«.

Pass (permit) of the »Gufo Nero« ( »black owl«) from April 14th 1945, signed by »Kiss« Giulio Davoli

Pass (permit) of the »Gufo Nero« ( »black owl«) from April 14th 1945, signed by »Kiss« Giulio Davoli.

Title-page of the Associazione Partigiana/ Partisan Association’s member card 1945/1946

Title-page of the Associazione Partigiana/ Partisan Association’s member card 1945/1946.

Back of the Partisan Association’s member card 1945/1946