European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I had a brother who died as a partisan at 19, towards the end of the war.
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I also had an uncle, who didn’t live with us but in Cervarezza,
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who died as a partisan after being confined to the Tremiti Islands by the fascists.
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On the other hand, my family was a traditional Christian and catholic family.
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My father used to sing in church.
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I have never served at Mass, although they had asked me, because I didn’t like to dress up.
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But we used to go to Mass, at least on Sundays.
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We had an elementary school up to the third grade, then we had to go to Busana for the fifth grade, by foot of course.
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There was no water in the houses, only a small fountain in a chestnut grove everyone drew water from.
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The school we attended was very crowded because there were many kids in the villages:
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there were three classes together, and it was quite full.
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Naturally, our school had no toilet facilities, no running water and no electricity.
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There was a portrait of Mussolini, one of the king, and a crucifix.
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Our teacher actually made the ink herself with some black powders in a flask.
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I was always happy to go to school: actually, I longed for school.
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My mother died when I was four and a half years old, my brother was almost six,
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so I suffered from this loss, too.
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I don’t know about other kids, but each has his own grief.
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I sort of overcame this when my daughters were born,
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but at times I still haven’t come through.
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