European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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It’s not like someone stopped me from going, it’s just that it was enough to learn the basics of reading and writing.
It’s not like someone stopped me from going, it’s just that it was enough to learn the basics of reading and writing.
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Later, in the army, I used to write letters for a fellow soldier from Guastalla and two more who were from the mountains.
Later, in the army, I used to write letters for a fellow soldier from Guastalla and two more who were from the mountains.
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They were my age but didn’t know how to write: I was not better than them, but I had gone to school until third grade.
They were my age but didn’t know how to write: I was not better than them, but I had gone to school until third grade.
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Reflecting history
Reflecting history
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I care about these stories.
I care about these stories.
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Not so much for myself.
Not so much for myself.
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Rather for the benefit they convey to those who listen and want to think about them.
Rather for the benefit they convey to those who listen and want to think about them.
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It was real life.
It was real life.
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I’m not exaggerating things, even those episodes that are quite sensational.
I’m not exaggerating things, even those episodes that are quite sensational.
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I rather focus on reflecting on them. It’s all about the 20th century, about the way we lived through it.
I rather focus on reflecting on them. It’s all about the 20th century, about the way we lived through it.
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Activities after the war
Activities after the war
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I went back home. I knew I would find the same situation I had left behind.
I went back home. I knew I would find the same situation I had left behind.
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In the mountains I had become another person.
In the mountains I had become another person.
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I was respected and highly esteemed. Not only because of my stripes,
I was respected and highly esteemed. Not only because of my stripes,
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but because of the way I took care of difficult operations.
but because of the way I took care of difficult operations.
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I didn’t want to go back home constantly having to listen to what my father or my brother said.
I didn’t want to go back home constantly having to listen to what my father or my brother said.
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As soon as I got home I told my father I didn’t want to work at home anymore.
As soon as I got home I told my father I didn’t want to work at home anymore.
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I wanted to shape my own life, find a job and become self-sufficient.
I wanted to shape my own life, find a job and become self-sufficient.
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At home I felt repressed. My father agreed.
At home I felt repressed. My father agreed.
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I started working, setting up women sections and the feminist movement.
I started working, setting up women sections and the feminist movement.