Italy

International

Witnesses from Italy

Andor and his parents in the refugee camp

Andor Brakus

* 1952

Italy, Victim of forced relocation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marino Caviccioli when joining the partisans

Marino Cavicchioli

* 1927 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, The Partisan, Italy

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Milan Kunc

* 1944

Italy, Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

02.JPG (historic)

Aldo Mantovani

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Illegal border crossing, Italy

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad

Photo from the past

Antonio Ottochian

* 1929

Croatia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Partisan, Italy

1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Nerina Rakić

Nerina Rakić

* 1928

Participant in antifascist resistance, Italy

Witness Josef Najemnik (Giuseppe Rovetto), 1955

Giuseppe Rovetto

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Italy

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Giorgio Savo, 1990

Giorgio Savo

* 1940

Italy, Croatia, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Antonio Vatta, Torino, 2021

Antonio Vatta

* 1935

Italy, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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