Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1944]]> 1944-10-20]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Sacile]]> Italy--Aviano]]> Italy--Treviso]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-08]]> 1944-10-20]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH transcription]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Italy]]> Italy--Sacile]]> 1944]]> 1944-11-05]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Italy--Milan]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1945-04-29]]> Explains the differences between different kinds of shelters: tunnels;
re-purposed basements beneath substantial buildings; and small, private, concrete structures. Reminisces about heavy bombing which destroyed his home, how they were temporarily housed inside a tunnel and his subsequent life as an evacuee in the countryside. Narrates an episode in which German soldiers showed appreciation for piano music and later came back to enjoy the homely atmosphere of his flat. Describes the conflict as a relatively care-free period: his parents tried in every way to protect him from the horrors of war while farmers provided non-rationed supplies. Bombings were an unavoidable consequence in the state of war.
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Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]>
Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Marco Dalla Bona]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Monfalcone]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy--Monfalcone]]> Italy]]> Mentions childrens pastimes such as mimicking aircraft dogfights, playing Mikado or cops and robbers, trading toy soldiers, cards and comics. Recounts wartime anecdotes: assembling a makeshift Christmas tree, wood-pilfering after curfew and the encounter with a Luftwaffe serviceman who foretold how he would have a career as a pilot.
Mentions how he tried to escape the vigilance of the warden to play hide-and-seek outside and reminisces on life in large underground public shelters: dripping walls, fetid sweat, damp air, and smell of rot. Remembers the omnipresent scent of Melissa (Melissa officinalis) then widely used as a cure for all. Narrates how his elder brother came home after he had witnessed the bombing of Nuremberg and urged his relatives to never use domestic shelters. Mentions Father Placek, a Bohemian priest who disappeared during the war and another member of the clergy who defied the authorities. Describes "Pippo" dropping small bombs, identifying the aircraft as a Storch (Fi 156). Maintains people had a non-judgemental view on bombing and saw the Allies as liberators. He never heard civilians cursing aircrew. Describes how he tried to forget the war until recently. In hindsight, he considers himself a lucky man because wartime hardships gave him a greater resilience that helped him later in life.]]>
Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy--Trieste]]> Italy]]> 1944-06-10]]>