The evening was sponsored and organized by prof. Maria Grazia La Monica, Vice President of the Sez. Intercomunale PNA Alpignano collaboration with the Theatre Workshop of the unity San Gillio, and took place in the parish seat, made available by the parish priest Don Beppe Bagna. The evening was attended by the Partisan Fighter Carb Guido, the Regional Director Nino Meltzeid Boetie, and William, son of Gustavo Meltzeid, interned at Mathausen and author of the diary and in part already published in Part poured on computers by prof. MG La Monica, attesa di pubblicazione.
dei testi letti alcuni sono tratti da libri altri sono stati scritti dai lettori stessi. Nicoletta Molinero as a common thread that has linked the various tracks have read with passion: "The Night" by Elie Wiesel
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has made my life a long night seven times and bolted.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the little faces of children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that burned my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which I took off for the desire to live forever.
never forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and my dreams, who took the face of the desert.
Never shall I forget everything, even if I were condemned to live as God Himself. Never. [...]
Elie Wiesel, Night, Giuntina edition, Florence 2001, pp. 39-40
Personal Memoirs
I'm reading the book by Gianni Oliva "The black shadow" that speaks of the massacres fasciste che noi, di una certa età, ricordiamo molto bene e sappiamo che molte famiglie hanno vissuto quelle tragedie.
Nel capitolo Cronolgia che tratta il periodo che corre dal settembre 1943 a maggio 1945 ho trovato le uccisioni e le rappesaglie avvenute nel mio paese "Barletta". Ci sono i nomi di 12 civili, 13 vigili urbani e due addetti alla nettezza urbana che sono stati massacrati e io mi ricordo dove: è stato vicino al muro della Posta Centrale.
Tanti altri sono stati portati via e non sono più tornati, compreso mio fratello.
Io ricordo tutto, anche se allora ero solo una ragazzina.
Angela Lanotte
A tiny little fascist
October 1938, Militello Val Catania - Via Vincenzo Christmas.
In this way, every day, the stalls of fruit and vegetables were displayed outside the doors of homes of various fruit shops for the sale of their products.
In this way a boy of seven years (Salvatore, my father's brother), played by rolling a circle and zigzag through the bystanders, among them a elementary school teacher who, seeking to avoid the circle, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The teacher, visibly nervous, got up and summoned the boy, who regretted what happened, approached him asking him to apologize: "I perdunasse, sir!" only answer the teacher gave him a slap.
All this happened in front of the stand of the Savior's grandmother (my grandmother), an elderly woman who was about sett'antanni eighteen year old niece to help sevire i clienti. La ragazza nel vedere la reazione esagerata nei confronti del cuginetto, girò attorno al maestro rinfacciandogli il fatto che Salvatore gli aveva chiesto scusa.
Questa reazione scatenò l'applauso di tutti i presenti perché il maestro faceva parte della segreteria del Partito Fascista e usava la sua posizione per far elevare dai vigili contravvenzioni ai rivenditori, anche per le situazioni più insignificanti come la caduta di un cartellino del prezzo.
Il maestro si allontanò dirigendosi alla sede del partito dove convocò il comandante dei vigili, il vicepodestà e il medico pediatra del country.
the meeting that followed, was issued with immediate effect, an order suspending the license for the sale of my great-grandmother to three months, to no avail the cries of despair and clarifications by the incident of women.
The vicepodestà, a break in the meeting, he confided his concern to the pediatrician for their child just one month, which was not growing as it should.
The doctor at the end of the meeting, he went to the house of vicepodestà and found that indeed the child was underweight and that the problem was due to lack of mother's milk and even goat milk was not just an integrator.
The doctor thought for a moment, and addressed to the parents of the child said, 'look, going to buy vegetables from a Salvatrice Maenza (my grandmother) I saw you breastfeed your child, try to ask if is also willing to breastfeed your baby. In a few weeks you will certainly okay. "
That same day a policeman is Pesenti to store my grandmother telling her that she had to follow up to the brigade headquarters. During the trip, My grandmother began to think about the reason for that call, and it occurred to her that could be because the boy was his son with the rim and then there would be a suspension for her, or because they had not paid a fine for the accidental fall a price tag.
At the brigade headquarters, my grandmother came together in the office where the master also found vicepodestà and the doctor, who began to compliment her as her child grew well but now was interrupted by vicepodestà who said, "must also breastfeed my son!" (at the time had not been asked but is commanded), then, continuing, he promised that, for his patience through the party would cancel the fine and suspension order against her mother.
My grandmother had no choice but to accept and then, for a few weeks, he went three times a day to nurse that child who became foster-brother of my father.
Silvia Shire
While Silvana Porzio has read the book: "Borgo San Paolo (Turin) edited with a preface by Frederick Calo Diego Novelli of the episode where the young man was killed in a partisan Dante Di Nanni gunfire from the window of his house with Republicans. The thrill of Silvana Porzio was strong as she lived opposite the house of Dante Di Nanni.
Not to forget
Remember not to forget!
Yes, (holy words). Remember never to return to the past.
the sufferings of a people that have profoundly marked the history of vecende painful. Disumane.
Ricordare, perché purtroppo, il razzismo esiste ancora!
Per il colore della pelle, razza, religione, interessi materiali.
Perché tutto ciò non dovrebbe più succedere.
Ci vorrebbe un notevole spunto di riflessione per una ricerca di giustizia, di fiducia nei valori alla base della onvivenza umana, avere più rispetto dell'uomo verso l'uomo.
Se tutti capissero, se nel cuore di ognuno entrasse più saggezza, più amore:
solo così non si avrebbe più paura.
Di Rosa Maria Ghio
Daniela Spagnol read from the book of memoirs published dall'UNITRE Borgio Verezzi an incident in Pietra Ligure near, that tells how a girl in a raid on his house has been able to save the men, including her boyfriend, who hid in the cellar, remembering, (miracolosamnete) had visited a small village in Germany who happens to was the country where he was born and raised the German officer who commanded the patrol rastrellamento.
checkpoint
Louis Tribaudino
reading Silvana Copper
The two women, dead tired after a day of work, leave the factory and headed to the tram terminus.
Gasping for a heavy bag that fatigue, Franca said her friend: "At least today they did not come to bomb us ... a little 'truce there it hurts! "
"Sure," said Rina, "but you have in that bag ... lead?"
"That's no lead, but weighs equally, I bought a black bag of potatoes."
Meanwhile, the creaking and clanging tram arrived the two friends went up taking place on the bench. Near them sat one of the Black Brigade.
- A handsome young man - thought Rina - it's a sin repubblicgino! -
Franca him now 'eyes and the young man, ringalluzzito, started doing the wire .
- Ma vedi questa però! - si disse Rina - in fabbrica fa il lavoro clandestino poi come esce e vede un bel giovanotto ci sta subito. Va bene che è vedova, ma buttarsi così.... e con un fascista poi, mi pare un po' troppo! Domani gliene stacco quattro ... mi sente! -
I due però, imperterriti, continuarono a parlottare e a scambiarsi sorrisi.
Ad un certo punto anche il repubblichino guardando la borsa stracolma le chiese: "Ma che ci tine dentro? Dev'essere pesantissima!" Sapesse" rispose Franca ridendo "è piena di bombe. Vuole vederle?" e scostata la maglia che ricopriva l'apertura, comparvero delle patate.
Il giovane esclamò "Ah facciamo la borsa nera!"
"Spero che non voglia denunciarmi per così poco? E' solo per togliermi la fame!" "Stia tranquilla, io le belle donne non le denuncio, al massimo chiedo poi qualcosa in cambio!"
"Come corre lei! Certe cose per riuscire bene non possono essere così veloci!" "A proposito dov'è di servizio?"
"Proprio qui, vado ora per dare il cambio ad un altro camerata":
In quel mentre il tram si fermò.
"Tutti a terra" disse il tanviere "siamo al posto di blocco, vi riprendo dopo il controllo!"
Tutti scesero. Rina sempre più indignata guardò di traverso la sua amica che intanto stava dicendo al giovane in camicia nera "La portiamo in due? Così mi stanco meno!"
"Ma che dice? Gliela porto io" poi, fcendole gli occhi di triglia, "nei prossimi giorni potremo fare due passi dopo il mio turno di guardia".
Franca, con una strizzatina d'occhio, gli sfiorò la guancia con un fugace bacio "Eccole down payment. "
The Republican called the bag on the tram, went to enter the checkpoint waving away with" soon ".
Taken place on the bench, in a whisper with her mouth glued to the ear of his friend, Rina said, "you did well! Tomorrow I tell you the rest .... You should be ashamed! "Without
scmporsi and pushing the mesh covering the bag, Franca said:" Want to see beautiful potatoes I bought today? "and removed the first layer of potatoes sprout here a bunch of hand grenades .
Rina began to tremble, the item tips and blanched in the face.
That night, one of the few without sirens, could not sleep.
(Rina was the mother-in-law of Tribaudino).
Francesca Alaimo read a psalm from the Bible. ; .
*"Meditate che questo was "
I was ten years in the" thirty "
and Fuller, the family dentist
that the teeth looked after with a smile,
improvvvisamente closed the study.
A school educated us to the "Read" and the smoke from the chimneys c'illustrò
our superiority of race.
Then one day Primo Levi admonished us
but we still leave it alone
to burn our reason.
* from "Shema" by Primo Levi
Millenovecentoquarantaquattro
The tram stopped and then all
ground and in front of the "Course" in the corso Vittorio
TENTH MAS, the weapons hand
around and pulls the "jack 's Bruno."
documents first and then the anger
the only leverage is TB.
EIGHTH YEAR OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
stories tram and raids in search of a
DEMOCRACY illegal.
Louis Tribaudino
Louis Tribaudino
IN MEMORY OF VITO BONADIES
policeman on leave
Partisan fighter
Dear Vito ,
It 's a very sad moment for all of us who are here today to give you a final farewell, but I think you know that in reality will continue to be with us, to give us courage and inspire us as you have done for so many years.
From you we learned the meaning of honor, and respect for institutions of every person, strength inherent in the legality of any act, the passion for the ideals that we shared, the importance of teaching young to "remember, learn, do not hate."
You left a strong mark in this community and its neighbors, and never forget all the efforts you have made to defend and advocate the ideals of the Resistance and the principles of the Constitution born of the Resistance.
Several initiatives have been who have promoted and wanted for school children Alpignano, list them all would be much too long: what is left inside me is a never-ending wealth, confidence in the future and the joy of having been working at your side.
And every time we design together with any action, which involved schools and institutions were saying:
"we plan to knock on doors ..."
I think we will not have to knock, because the doors will be wide open for you.
Hello, Vito
Maria Grazia (La Monica)
