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until the banning of the Communist Party.

The Communist Party was banned after the non-aggression treaty between Hitler and Stalin (1939).

The treaty was seen very negatively by the population

and became subject of propaganda from the French government.

When distributing leaflets I was sometimes insulted by the workers.

Introduction: family, school, work

My name is Pascucci.

I am of Italian origin.

I was born in Italy, in the region of Pesaro, at Sant’Angelo in Lizzola to be exact.

That is a beautiful little hill.

I once had the opportunity to see my birthplace again.

My parents came to France, thanks to an agreement concerning manual laborers

that had been signed between France and Italy after World War I.

These work contracts gave Italian antifascists the opportunity

to leave Italy legally and escape imprisonment.

I don’t know the exact date of my fathers’ emigration,

but it took place between 1921 and 1922, as I was born in 1923.

When I was six months old, my mother and I came to France to join my father.

Since then I have lived in Nanterre. For almost 83 years now.

My father was a Communist, an antifascist.