European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

Autumn 1943. Reggio Emilia has just been occupied by the Germans: Annita Malavasi looking strained in the city centre, right after a SS patrol passed by

The inside of a fake ID Annita Malavasi used

January-February 1945. The inside of a fake ID Annita Malavasi used during the Liberation struggle.

Fake ID Annita Malavasi used

January-February 1945. The outside of a fake ID Annita Malavasi used during the Liberation struggle. .

Annita Malavasi at 30, in 1951

Annita Malavasi after the Second World War

25 April 1946. Annita Malavasi continued to be involved in politics after the war. Here she is on a stage during a speech for the First Anniversary of the Liberation.

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