Do you have a strange or particular memory from the fascist years?
I remember the day that my parents, like everybody else, were required to give up their marriage ring to give more gold to the government after the embargo on Italy from France and Britain.
What is your worst memory from the war?
We weren’t able to go out because of the city bombings; in fact we had to always be home. It was a boring life and extremely dangerous at the same time and people were hungry, really hungry.
How did you come to know about Pearl Harbor?
We knew about Pearl Harbor from the radio and it was one of the happiest days of the war, being my boyfriend in the antifascist guerillas. We could feel in the air that something was going to change.
What did you know about the camps before the end of the war?
We knew that anybody that left for the camps never came back. We didn’t know everything about it, but it wasn’t a mystery that people got killed. We fought with everything we could to stop it and defeat fascism and hide Jews and guerilla fighters.
What is your most lasting memory of the war?
The end of the war, the announcement of the liberation was something that I’ll never forget; we partied for days and days. The war was over.