Interview with Carla Fantini

Interview with Carla Fantini

After leaving school, Carla Fantini started working as telegraph operator, which she found a gratifying and thoroughly enjoyable occupation. She describes the bombing war in Milan, stressing widespread destruction and ravaging fires. She recalls the constant fear (especially the distress of being stopped by armed patrols checking permits) which was, nonetheless, tempered by harmony and solidarity among the populace. Carla retells anecdotes revolving around social activities and shelter life and elaborates on the perception of the 20 October 1944 bombing. She recalls the arrival of the Allies on 30 April 1945 and the amazement at seeing the first black personnel. After the war, she took early retirement and spent 60 years as a state pensioner, which allowed her to travel extensively abroad while enjoining a blissful married life.

2018-12-18

01:08:04 Audio Recording

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