European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
-
and started handing me some books.
-
I believe the one we remembered the most was Maxim Gorkij’s “The mother”.
-
I was 15or 16 years old when they started talking to us openly about the Communist Party,
-
which was the opposite of fascism,
-
and about having to get involved in the clandestine struggle, organizing people against this dictatorship,
-
since it really was a dictatorship then.
-
By the time I left San Bartolomeo I was already part of the clandestine Communist Party.
-
I had a cousin who had been incarcerated, his name was Nello Strozzi.
-
And then also my boyfriend’s brother.
-
Me and my boyfriend had started dating when I was eighteen,
-
he was of the Viani family, his name was Alfeo.
-
Introduction, childhood during fascism
-
My name is Lidia Valeriani.
-
I was born on the 23rd of January 1923
-
in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella,
-
in a small hamlet called Scampate.
-
Awful fascist times.
-
My father was a victim of political persecution.
-
I had two brothers older than I,
-
and six more followed, making us a family of nine brothers.
No more segments to load.
Loading more segments…
© 2009-2024 WebTranslateIt Software S.L. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service
·
Privacy Policy
·
Security Policy