Interview with Rinaldo Sarani

Interview with Rinaldo Sarani

Rinaldo Sarani tells of the bombings of Pavia describing widespread damage at Borgo Ticino and people being extricated from rubble. He stresses the importance of bridges: Ponte della Ferrovia, Ponte Vecchio, Ponte dell’Impero, Ponte della Becca, and describes how inefficient anti-aircraft fire was, being mockingly dubbed “pensioner’s flak“. He reminisces about various wartime episodes: Pippo flying at night; the danger of minefields; partisan actions; killings; fascist militiamen brutalities; the Mongols (which were part of a German foreign division); makeshift shelters; and people being tortured in Broni. Rinaldo describes a bomb dump explosion and how people disassembled ordnance to salvage explosives used for fishing, often with tragic consequences. Hi elaborates on the Fascism and recollects a person being helped by Rachele Mussolini.

2017-03-25

00:42:32 audio recording

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