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so the Party tried to help their families as much as possible.
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On Sundays we used to set up stalls in the square to sell things, or we organized lotteries:
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on one occasion, the first prize was a hen that a farmer had given to us
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to collect some of the money that was needed.
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Antifascist family
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I was born in Gavasseto.
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I had three sisters, my mother and father were socialists.
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They worked for the Socialist Party and took part in its activities.
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Therefore, I was an antifascist since I was a kid,
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and I remember neatly the day when, in 1923 –
I think I was five then – -
the consumer cooperative of Gavasseto was burned down.
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My mother and father had always been working to set up the cooperative.
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Then, that night, I remember that people came over to wake them up,
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shouting that “the coop was on fire”: that’s a moment I will never forget.
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From that day, I’ve never been a member of the Fascist Party.
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There were also other reasons which kept me from taking up membership,-.
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such as the fact that the Fascist youth had to take part in military activities and all kinds of classes every Saturday,
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an environment which I did not want to be involved in.
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I went to live in Villa Rivalta and I wasn’t even seventeen when I started working at Officine Reggiane.
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Even there, every day was a struggle.
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