Zenoni 
The following texts are published in the book "Memory as a weapon - Written on the clandestine period and the Resistance "by Bruno Zenoni, edited by Renato Covino
Reminders for the preparation of their own memories * In these memories include considerations on 'c' contribution [ompagni] of Marmore with the countries of Valnerina Piediluco including, the first and second resistance, such as how many paintings and also to the organization or reorganization of a democratic society, stable electoral results, and reflections that this is due to the fact that in these places, the working class one hundred years, so five generations working here is like that by instinct, or perhaps how?, has a mixed class consciousness.
Paintings of B [ri] g [a] t [a]. - Filipponi A [lfredo] Dante Bartolini, Giuliano Saturn, ditches [Armando]. The same Renzi [Elba] was formed Papigno, Zenoni Bruno.Vero Zagaglioni, Pascucci duty, ditches Olindo Calcagnetti Paul
Ballorini Antonio, Filipponi Collestatte of pumps, ..., Tancredi Bartolini, Dustradolce Bruno, Ettore Fieramosca, etc. ...
not remember the dates, but there had been arrests in two different periods of Remia brothers and brothers Joseph and Dominic Ascani Julie Christmas and all tried to sabotage the bridge channel that fed the center [of] Marmore and the former Carbide Papigno.
* The text is handwritten and undated. The title is editorial.
Work on the history of the PCI section [of] Marmore 1920. In elections three people were elected in the lists of Marmore Socialist City Council Papigno. Peter Ciani, Arnaldo Cresta, Sabatini Jeremiah joined the council as deputy commissioner, all three of Livorno to the split of January 21, 1921 went to the Communist Party of Italy. He immediately founded the Communist Marmore section located in the house of David Zenon Zenon currently Bruno.
On 20 April 1921, the squad fascist "desperate" by the Perugia Terni fascist elements of the burned sections of the Communist Party of Italy and cooperatives Papigno, Marmora and Piediluco: Marmore was also destroyed in the carpenter's shop of Peter Valeri, located in the house of Ulderico Ridge, where at present there is a laboratory meat Nando Sabatini.
the same day by the fascists was wounded nineteen Joseph ditches.
the end of 1921 was to place explosives on the railway near Rieti Pasquetti estate was to pass a train load of fascists to Rome. He never knew whether to place the explosives, which exploded, were the subversive, anti-fascists as they were called then, or, as it was then called, the fascists themselves to arrest the subversive, the fact is that 11 comrades were arrested : Peter Ciani, John Ridge, Antonio Sabatini, Riccardo Sabatini, Carlo Cervelli, Ghermardi Benedetto Proietti Felice, Guido Proietti and nineteen Olindo ditches, two escape me. On the same night Pennarossa Collestatte of anti-fascists of Terni, Terni decided to attack the fascists, to stop the electricity threw a chain on the line carrying electricity to Terni and remained thunderstruck Raffael [l] the [Phil] . Near where it happened because there was a toll call of the penstocks of the 'Steel Mill and was on duty that night Attilio Zenoni who was arrested as a suspected accomplice in the attack. From 1922 to 1932 Marmore companions were arrested several times.
2. 8. 1931. Reorganizes officially a cell that become a part of Carlo Cervelli, ditches Olindo Zenoni Bruno, risks Dairy, Taste Bramante, Pietro Ciani present at the meeting were member of the Federation of Terni and Ascani Christmas in those days he had moved to live in Terni, so organized therein; the cell by introducing anti-fascist slogans among workers and the people.
July 1931. Marmore had no drinking water, there was only a water fountain near the river crossing of the railways and ports from Terni drinking water with six wooden barrels installed on a truck. The discontent was so, the cell of the Communist Party began a work of conviction among the population to go to Terni in mass protest to the authorities for drinking water.
Through the party preparations for the protest spread to Papigno, Collestatte Campomicciolo and who also had no drinkable water and a day out from Marmore eighty women on foot, Papigno joined local women, in Piazza Solferino to Terni joined Collestatte a group together and shouted "We want water," present in Piazza Solferino was [no] Zenoni and Remia Joseph Bruno, formed a delegation that was received by the mayor, who promised to build an aqueduct to Marmore , Papigno, Collestatte.
In the days following the population refused to draw water the barrels placed on the truck, there were accidents and two women: Nina Ascani and Arca ... were arrested and detained in prison in Terni Via Carrara for 2 days.
After a few days on the facade of the building in Elio Conti, where smuggling of tobacco and salt, appeared a large inscription which required drinking water, the anti-fascist organization knew nothing about it so were the fascists themselves, who of the face of popular protest unanimously wanted to help force the hand of the authorities.
After four years came the drinking water.
1932, the last day of March, the organization of the Communist Party of Italy's Terni received an emissary of the Centre Party in Paris Clemente T, which remained illegally in Terni a week, by contacting the organization, printing leaflets against the Fascist and war preparations against unsuspecting living conditions of workers, April 3 at night then there was the dissemination of these leaflets , at Terni, in factories in Papigno, Marmora, Piediluco, in all countries of the Nera Valley, Comrade Free Morelli was caught in Garden City as he threw the leaflets on the street, arrested and subjected to torture did the names of employees and began a chain of arrests. For Marmore Zenoni Bruno was arrested and confined in Ventotene, where he was reunited with his wife and two children.
1934. Oct. 28 [to] 18 hours a fortnight of local fascists screaming in front of the house Zenoni Bruno, "Put out the flag or burn tricular home." Bruno keeps his head on the door to the hubbub fascist, an hour after arriving from Piediluco the police sergeant, he entered the house of Zeno, is informed of the incident. The next day the front door of the barber shop of Zenon, he stopped his motorcycle to the police sergeant D'Amiato, called Zenon, [the] asked what had happened, after two days Zenoni must be submitted to the police station with his father , there the chef de cabinet first and then put pressure on the commissioner Attilio Zenoni why do deter the child from the rigid positions that anti-fascist constantly professes, Bruno is cautioned to make submission to the local secretary of the beam and the reference to the federal secretary sentence to confinement.
Zenoni Bruno was continually subjected to persecution by the Fascists, he decided to move to Rome where he purchased it [or] a barber shop, there now tied peer relations: Peter Ciani, Paolo Calcagnetti of Arrochar, Angelo Crisostomi Piediluco, formerly confined transferred to Rome, April 29 was arrested and locked up in Regina Coeli following the arrests estimates that the regime wanted to avoid running events for Labor Day. In 1935 he returned to Zenoni Falls, re-establish communication with fellow Marmore and Terni and works as an anti-fascist propaganda.
1938. Hitler comes to visit in Italy, Zeno, combined to mind another forty town of Terni, and of '[hjinterland.Viene arrested and imprisoned in the castle of Spoleto, where he remained for 29 days.
8. 11. 1938. For years the workers of Electrochemistry Papigno work [ed] the middle of the month (there was no redundancy) and the day of the fortnight did not take a penny, because a few pounds (180-200) who had won the direction of the deductions for expenses that the worker had at the Grocers Company Terni. A Marmore twenty workers Carbide Papigno had been forced to abandon the lighting power (at the time it was a 25 watt lamp in the kitchen and the bedroom) and [to] illuminate the house with acetylene, as the carbide could be taken at the plant.
The organization of the Communist Party of Marmore Papigno, Piediluco Collestatte, Arrochar, Ferentillo, Torre Orsini Montefranco and Terni, propaganda for months [or] the need to make a protest to end hunger and shifts alternated in which the workers were reduced to Papigno Electrochemistry, November 16 was the day a few hundred workers, who daily stationed at the door of the factory waiting to be called to do a few hours of work, a few minutes before noon, entered the cafeteria employees, which, while still working with the plant forever, already set with the steaming food and ate meals provided for employees. Then he set off to Terni. Piana di Macchia at the police arrive, not harassing the parade, but the barrier Valnerina had them split, in part by directing part of the prefecture and home to the syndicates, where the parliamentary delegation who were admitted to advance the request to terminate alternated shifts, the need to all work for the entire month. There were half-promises. The workers took
confidence of their forces and the day after the protest continued outside the gates of the factory and the square of Papigno, the protesters were much more numerous, as it was a rumor on the success of the demonstration the previous day, but police had intervened in force and made many arrests, were arrested Marmore: Alessandro Sabatini. ... Ditches Joseph was subjected to the constraints dell'ammonizione.
few months later by the events described in the Company Terni put an end to the shift rotation and the workers came back after about 8 years working for the entire month, the protest and the sacrifice of the workers arrested had won.
1939. May 7, Zenon Bruno was arrested along with other companions and Piediluco Papigno and Dr. Claudio arms of Terni, in addition to a year, this organization had worked as a communist-fascist propaganda against the war preparations, both oral and written, it was also a circular comic manuscript called "The Spark". 8 group were referred to the Special Court fascist, and the process took place on 31. 1. 1940 and were sentenced: Claudio Bracci to 17 years; Zagaglioni True Piediluco to 4 years, Crisostomi Ido Piediluco to 4 years, Proietti Emilio Piediluco to 4 years, Crisostomi Septimius Piediluco to 3 years, Androsciani Ezzelino Papigno to 4 years , Diociaiuti Brenno Papigno to 3 years, Zenon Bruno [was] acquitted for lack of evidence.
1941. Mussolini made a quick visit to the steelworks, Zenon Bruno was arrested and taken to prisons in via Carrara of Terni and the evening is free.
July 25, 1943. Mussolini [is] was arrested by the King, 26 Terni, in Italy as there are large anti-fascist demonstration, Zeno Bruno is present and at 2, the output from the workers' Steel Mill, from the top of the bus that transports workers from Marmore Piediluco, speaks to workers on the importance of the fall of fascism and the need to participate in the evening at 17 to the anti-fascist demonstration in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele (now Piazza della Repubblica).
the evening, at 17 the event takes place, the army was deployed to defend the barrier of Via Cavour in place of Fascist Federation, located in Palazzo Mazzancolli, fired several shots into the air, there was confusion about an hour and [the] skirmish between the protesters and the authorities continued.
September 8, 1943. At about 17, Aristeo Zenoni returning from work by bicycle to Steel, who brought the news around the crown of the Terni basin could be seen all bonfires: Zenoni Bruno realized that she had been terminated, in some way to the Italian participation in the war against the Anglo-Americans and took the initiative to light a bonfire in the square in front of his barber shop. Immediately noticed the police, assisted by an army lieutenant, who had a barracks 30 meters (Cresta in the house of Orlando today used ...) who tried to extinguish the fire while the other defends the people present, especially Tesildo Terenzi is to defend it, that when asked the sergeant: "Who lit the fire?" replied: "lo". Zenoni Bruno comes forward claiming to have been him to light the fire, whereupon the sergeant to follow him in intimate barracks, refusing a police officer and the sergeant grabbed him and drag him towards the barracks, followed by about twenty people, while The three approach the threshold of the door, people gave him to the police which left Zenoni scared and fled without returning to the barracks that was closed. That sergeant returned
Marmore to service to polling stations in June 1946.
12 are Marmoresi who participated in the armed struggle A. Garibaldi Brigade in classified Gramsci operating in the delta range Lazio-Umbria-Marche, participating in major military actions against the Nazi-Fascists, by itself Marmore Bustone Poggio [a] Lioness.
Two were the fallen: Montesi Faggetti Migozzi Peter and Dominic, three are decorated with v [Alor] m [ility]: Armando ditches, Ricciardo and Zenoni Bruno Conti, the former had the rank of battalion commander, the second [of] Political Commissar of detachment, the third [of] the brigade superintendent before, and [of] political commissar of the battalion, Then, Conti Menotti also had the task of team leader. Eight were the
Marmoresi arruolatisi volunteers in group combat, "Cremona" February 2, 1945 that departed from Terni to the front of Alford, of them remained [ro] Ferit [i] and ditches Armando Conti Menotti, who lost a leg in ' Pedone Chiavica attack in the Valley of Comacchio. Many young people
Marmore in the early years after Liberation, on 'partisan example, helped to stand up to fascism and reaction who tried to stand up for this and suffered layoffs from factories, complaints [and] arrest or were forced to hiding.
All the struggles described in Marmore that allowed you to develop an organization strong community [and] coherent.
[the memo] marmoresi arrested for political reasons from 1921 to 1944.
1922. Riccardo Sabatini, Antonio Sabatini, Carlo Cervelli, Peter Ciani, John Cresta, Cresta Joseph Ghermandi Benedict, Olindo ditches, Proietti Felice, Guido Proietti, Cresta Arnaldo [alleged attack on the railway line TerniRieti] Ascani Christmas, Ascani Giulio Remia Joseph Remia Domenico, Joseph Zenon, Zenon Attilio, Proietti Riziero (attack on the canal bridge).
1931. Nina Ascani, Taste .... (Or ask the Baptist Sabatino) [women's event for the water].
November 1938. Ditches Joseph Sabatini Alessandro Mancini Corinth Valentino Rossi (ask how many others were arrested for living manifestation of the carbide).
Earl Richard, who was arrested March 26, 1942, two years of admonition
1932 Giulio Santilli, because one gets picked on the night of widespread 03/04/1932 [... ] For the way communists and ragged in the establishment stating that they were right.
remarkable was the contribution of sacrifice imposed on marmoresi during the Fascist period.
Partisans Marmore: Armando ditches, decorated m [edaglia] B [ronzo] Conti Menotti; Zenoni Bruno, decorated m [edaglia] B [ronzo] Earl Richard, decorated m [edaglia] B [ronzo] ; Faggetti Dominic fallen; Faggin Joseph Montesi Peter fell; Sabatini Aegisthus; Natalie Mancini, Carlo Cervelli, Marchesi Raffaele Zenoni Aristeo.
Volunteers "Cremona" of [Marmore]: Armando ditches, wounded and decorated; Conti Menotti, mutilated Zenoni Bruno, Earl Richard, Graziani Virgil Caronti Mario, Raffaele Marchesi, Marchesi Dominic.
communist Marmore On 2 August 1931 he formed a communist cell in Marmore, were part of it: I (Bruno Zenoni) Olindo ditches and Carlo Cervelli. Attending the meeting were also the companions Ascani Christmas, which did not become part of the cell because in those days moved to live in Terni and Peter Ciani, a member of the provincial committee of the provincial federation. The meeting took place in the estate of Charles Easter Monday, the bank of the Velino, a little more up dell'abbeveratoio. Filipponi Alfred and Peter Lello, the C [ommittee] D [irectly] Federal chair the meeting, [t] he which included six other companions Piediluco, with whom he formed two cells.
Saturn Julia, Ernesto Bartolini, Angelo Crisostomi, Amilcare Patrick, Patrick Leopold and Enzo were fellow Piediluco.
For nearly two years, by Olindo ditches, Ciani kept me under control, that I was a candidate of the Party. I was again among the young anti-fascists of Marmore, even as early as 1924 during the beginning of work on the construction of the Central Galleto with Bramante, Amedeo, William, Tesildo and others, had made contact with the carpenters and Depretis Sante: anti-fascists who had fled their countries to escape persecution, and conversations with them were continuing. The fascists
Marmore we had identified, and on Easter Sunday of 1925, while the group sang folk songs mentioned, the level crossing was attacked by fascists, the resistance encountered, they had to stop trying to disperse. On Monday, the same group, with the addition of John Ridge, he went on a trip to Piediluco, in defiance of the evening he went to the train station, where De Sisto stationmaster ran from his office in the Fascist squads. The fascists suffered, but on Tuesday morning as usual cowardly attacked William, who had gone to the station to take the luggage of his Piccirillu foreman, who was returning from Antrim. It was the second time that William was beaten by the fascists, the first time taken in the basement of Peter's Ridge, and along with Joseph ditches, Amedeo Ridge and others chanting "Red Flag", giving her were always Castagnetti: Amedeo and Gettulio.
These episodes, which first boy watched indignantly, and then, boy, are actively participating, forged in me an awareness of justice and led me to research the causes of so much arrogance. Well I remembered the fire in the Communist section of Falls, the local consumer cooperative and a carpenter shop and barber Peter Valeri been made by a "desperate" by the Perugia 20. 04. 1921. That day, along with Bramante had seen the burning of the cooperative and the Vicious Papigno socialist "Concordia", since the fifth grade pupils in Papigno, run away from school between the student body is generated when the panic he learned that the fascists had burned Papigno.
of that day will never forget the picture of my cousin offered Guseppe ditches bleeding from my view in the middle of a group of fascists and his mother and sister screaming in terror below. The fascists took him to medicate in the Public Service, who was now living in the house where Orlando Conti, at the time he entered "Sardarellu" Peppe and shouted "There he is coward, it was he who showed me to them." I remember as if it were yesterday that he had a wound to his head and thigh that had become the red-white pants he wore.
I was then 13 years, have already sided with the Socialists in that atmosphere going by fighting, so seriously I organized a group of peers, called "The Red Wolves." The group is part and singing hymns under the nose of the socialist trend of boys Fascism, in particular, the prefect, to be the nephew of Pitotti, posed as a fascist.
In 1922, in November, I went to work at the steelworks and lived here the atmosphere of resistance to fascism. Five boys we were engaged for the refractory products: Ozzuglia Ersesia, another Collescipoli, Sgalla and Lombardini, only the latter fascist, the other three social trends.
During the years 1925-1928, the period when the canal was built for the Central Galleto to Marmore there were about two thousand workers, many Venetians were among them not a few anti-fascists who have fled their countries to escape retaliation and to work.
I had already left the steelworks in 1923 in June, to have contracted the sil [ic] dare, and had undertaken to do the barber, after a period of six months as an apprentice; from my shop, I was never difficult to know many of those anti-fascists.
Lanzini Enzo was the one who more than anyone spoke a lot with me on the socialist movement and the first elements I learned from him, which also led me to the reading of the first social novel: The Iron Heel, The Mother, The Pit, The Mistress of the Seven Sorrows.
On the other hand the first two books were read by Comrade indicat Filipponi, when the 2. 8. 1931 we organized the cell.
Lanzini In 1929 he received from London, sent to him by Amilcare Bier, stamps for supporting the fight against the oppression of the second imperialist war. I remember the stamps were dedicated to day of August, declared, I do not know if the Third International, [... ] World Day to protest against the imperialist war preparations. Having in hand these stamps gave a thrill of enthusiasm and confidence that the Communist Party viv [v] in Italy, was present and kept alive the torch. They did deliver to Ciani, who brought it to his companions and sent to Bier in Terni few dozen pounds. At that time
Lanzini, who had married in Falls, did not work, so it was always in my shop, even Nanni Pitotti was unemployed and had been dismissed by Secretary Beam Falls, so he gave himself up willingly to discuss with me about fascism and recognizes the deficiencies.
The barbershop was full unemployed youth and all-day anti-fascist discussions took place there. At that time the club was organized in Marmore Dopolavoro; I Lanzini, Luigi De Angelis, Montesi Peter and some others, we gave it to be done in the Board enter any of us, in fact we were able not only that, but the first operator Aristide was my brother, fourteen, then Third Bordoni, a former communist who kept the ideal, though not active. In the first period
After Work was done in a democratic life and the group formed by me, Lanzini, Gigi De Angelis Montesi and kept alive the spirit of fascism.
Often in the evening, Sunday afternoon we found ourselves playing at the tavern of Pitotti: the usual group of anti-fascists. Fact that no company had attracted the suspicion of us old comrades Marmore that, although inactive, claimed to be the only ones to have the right to speak on behalf of the PC [d '] I.
the afternoon of Sunday 30. 11. 1930, while played in the tavern of Pitotti tressette with shoals, we discussed politics, we were a bit 'merry for a few glasses of wine drunk, Nanni and I played that I was the shoals, the puncicavo on political issues. At some point in the debate said, "Remember this date, 29. 11. 1930, maybe one day I will save your head, but I've done too much, I will not be easy." He got up abruptly, leaving the cards on the table and threatening gesture with his hand raised, back: "You're serious, the next wave of punitive expeditions have settled."
Of course both were saying the truth in the joke, because he belonged to the family that it was "The machine feeder beam marmorese and its misdeeds," [as] said Odovardo Ireno Conti, and I felt so much hatred for the fascists and was anxiously the way to do something concrete against them and I saw before me a future of struggles and I had great confidence in the fall of fascism. However, the prophecy and the threat came true in 1934 as the fascists attacked me in my house (I was now returning from exile) and May 22, 1944 Nanni was to interview with us the command of the brigade partisan Antonio Gramsci, in the mountains of Buonacquisto. The interview was arranged, because it appeared that he was willing to put themselves at our service, but it had not, however, the command would be chivalrous and not removed, leaving Iibero to return home. I did the command and I could certainly bring about the end of his life and that is why I say that my prophecy of thirteen years before had come true.
After the description of some episodes is good to go back to the cell of the party of which I was appointed manager. From that day I went to work with some seriousness, as I understood that now was the responsibility and a lot of discussions with Nanni could become dangerous, however he passed the resentment against the fascism that had ousted him as secretary and as I pushed the discussions so deeply that they became real propaganda meetings, one day had stated that they could no longer argue with me as I was a fanatic.
I started to have contact with my cousin Peter Ciani by Olindo. He was considered by all the communist that not only had never dropped the flag, but which continued to be an active community. The estimated population of the Marmore, the fascists were forced to estimate it and fight it. I remember once Pitotti Nanni said: 'It is true Ciani is an exemplary man, a worker with her is making a sacrifice 'education and education for her five children, but we must fight it because it is a dangerous subversive.
Talk Ciani, with respectful man, feared and fought, it was for me a great satisfaction. Ciani in Marmore not approached anyone outside of some old comrade, including the favorites were: Olindo ditches, Carlo Cervelli, Ascani Christmas, so the fact of having his confidence in my young age, encouraged me to read, to study something , learn from everyone and everything. As that Ciani increased confidence towards me and we met more often our conversations lasted more long. We began to take long walks, pushing up to Piediluco, where we met and Petacchiola Raniero Salvati or some other companion. While
Lanzini learn some elements of the workers' struggle and socialist by Olindo ditches the fighting spirit and extremism, Ciani I learned from the education of the Communist punctuality, determination, perseverance in work, discretion, respect for human privacy. I must say that I started training with Ciani my character Communist. I was eager to join the party, but Ciani told me that I needed to do a trial period of candidacy, meanwhile, taught me how to proselytize, as address the workers about the various events. In 1931
Marmore meandered to a serious dissatisfaction with the lack of drinking water supply was the Fascist mayor through wooden barrels for six hectoliters was installed on an old truck BRL.
I got the idea to organize a protest, Ciani agreed and gave me some advice. I began to convince some old comrades of the need 'to send our women in Terni, voice - via Cresta Enzo and some other - the spread between the workers of the carbide Papigno, to adhere Statte Colle, Papigno, Campomicciolo, who were in the same conditions. Within six months we were able to prepare and manifestaziane in July, under the warm heat wave, a hundred women went from Marmore foot, head, there were my wife, my aunt Italy (notable), the wife of Ezio Ilde and Michelina. A Papigno other women were added, so even Campomicciolo; Remia Joseph and I, bike, we were the vanguard. By the time we joined him
Piazza Solferino, then v 'was the market because it had been moved to The Square May Day (21. 4). Here, women began to shout: "We want water to drink." A delegation was received by the mayor, another by the Federal fascist. They made [their] promises.
Remia and pretended to be the spectators, the police tried to persuade women to return home and we did resist, at one point an usher City Council was to draw a filled water bottle, this served to raise again the cries of women who said, "See, the mayor is not lacking fresh water, what does he care of our countries?".
Two days later, when I told Ciani as she went, she told me that the old man had a companion, and the water had come voluntarily. The women come home, they agreed to continue the agitation, is refusing to draw water from the barrels and stakes in several stops predisposero distribution.
few days later, the first stop near the house of Brambrilla, some women (Crumar) drew water, then the guard, composed of women living on the streets of Greccio fly made of brocade. The police arrested Ascani Nina and Tastes of Alviano Irene Miranda, wife of ... At that time resident in Marmore.
After a few days shaking lasted one morning, on the wall of the house [of] Elio Conti, appeared without the written with the red wall with which he sought the aqueduct. Then, quietly, it was learned that they had written themselves fascists, concerned about the continued agitation.
The agitation had the desired effect, as the mayor put in motion to build waterworks in the delegation who were free in 1934 and Falls, Papigno, Campomicciolo, Collestatte had the aqueduct. The
28. lO. 1934 together my wife attended the wedding of Luisa Carotti, nephew of my wife, and Conti Alfiero.
the evening, around 18.30, went back to our house, both near the hearth, all of a sudden we heard in the fascists' tavern across from Gigetto, singing: "To arms we are fascists, Communists to death are not more visas for fear of the fascists. "
I tell my wife: "The Communists want to show that we are and who are not afraid of the fascists." I get up, walk the six feet of the entrance hall and rest. As if the Secretary of the beam had heard what I said to my wife, my cousin called Nello, who spent up front, and Parlotti plan. I later learned that ordered him to come I have to tell [me] to put out the flag. In went the way going two doors down to buy cigarettes from the group of fascists broke away with five or six Gualtiero in head and shouting, they ordered me to put out the flag. Given the bad intentions back into the house, tucked up his sleeve a long kitchen knife and went back where I was before. The fascists at one meter from me shouted: "Put out the flag, subversive Bolshevik traitors" and I back, "Walter, rather than to insult me, pay me the thirteen-month subscription, I did not get their hair for free," I said this to pick the most vulnerable side, the moral, but this could not have effect about this man, who took advantage of fascism for its own ends. Inviting them to come forward with a threatening tone, Gettulio "screaming," Take the knife, do not you come closer. "
Back at home, my wife, my two sons and my father was desperate to hear the fascists shouting:" Incendiamogli the house, ammazziamolo.
I held his head in the door to the fascists, all of a sudden I slipped between the legs Helvetia, the nephew of my wife and daughter of Antonio, the most evil squad of Falls, who in 1931 betrayed the Communist Party, secretly passing the beam, note that Anthony was among the group that I was facing and as troublemakers, as always.
I go back [to] that he was going Helvetia the stairs, went in after her in the bedroom and my wife - who was crying in despair - taken from the hands of Elvezia the flag to expose the window facing the street where the fascists were screaming. I throw up on my wife with a knife, threatening to kill her if she exposed the flag. Elvezia ristrappa the hands of Evelyn and runs toward the window, I throw up Elvezia, but she, quick as lightning, had put the flag out the window. I realized that pulling up could sue for insulting the national flag and desistei.
While the fight took place with the fascists had gathered a lot of people, relatives, friends, and some, especially my cousins, shouted against the fascists because we had left alone, in fact the flag was out and, over the protests of the public withdrew.
The Secretary of the beam, Walter Gun, telephoned the marshal came to arrest me because Piediluco.
The specific contribution of the Communist section of Marmore just released Establishment of the coop [operatives] consumption. Team
war material recovery and sale of it, the funds will address the cost of the first section and you will buy our flag and that of the sect [ion] socialist.
Restoration of 'delivery' s electricity, removing a transformer substation near Valley Fava, establishing the power 's energy in the cab of the dam (all of our initiative). A car
recovered was used to transport the most urgent of the population, un'autocarro recovered was donated to the Town Hall with the understanding that he would build the pipeline for drinking water for the inhabitants of the street Faggetti Domenico.
construction of the road of Ranchi.
Establishment of an evening school for the boys after elementary school could not continue his studies. Teachers Francis Ridge, Ivano Campili, design, and the husband of the teacher? Sardieri?
Constitution of the company in the short-term loan that had its beneficial function (unit to be president, the DC Caranti who had died from starvation).
on 8 September to Marmore At 17.30 on the 8th September 1943, Aristeo my brother who was returning from work by bicycle to the Terni steelworks said: "Around the mountains of the Terni basin, there are countless bonfires, why? ".
He sensed immediately that he had been signed an armistice with the Allies, not because I consider it a guess for many days, but because rumors about the signing of 'armistice. I
of the days of July 25 and 45 days of our anti-fascist Badoglio Government had intensified its contacts and meetings to find us prepared for any eventuality.
I also lit a bonfire in the center of the town Marmore of a few meters from my barber shop, several people gathered, some anti-fascists collaborated to revive the fire. In the meantime, tried to explain the significance of the initiative to guide people on the end of the war, the bombings, the suffering.
But things, as you know, it spun so smoothly!
While talking around the campfire, a lieutenant of infantry service in Marmore - where there were a hundred foot soldiers of the garrison to the hydraulic power plants and steel mills and at the same genes involved departments to smoke to conceal the plants to aerial bombardment - he tried to extinguish the flames scatter the coals with his feet.
Bystanders attempted to defend the bonfire.
intervened with the police sergeant of a soldier asking the name of the man who had lit the fire. Comrade Tesildo Terenzi, trying to protect myself, know myself politically persecuted, came forward and spoke his name by laying the responsabilità.Io But I told the truth and that is that I had lit the fire!
The sergeant told him to follow me to the barracks and my refusal to my cries and claiming the freedom I grabbed his arm with another soldier to arrest me and take me to the nearby police station which is about 40 meters.
The crowd pressed close around me and the police and shouted for my release. Once on threshold of the barracks, as the crowd became more urgent, the police fled abandoning their prey, which in this case was me, without doing more to return Marmore.
For me there was nothing but the continuation of the struggle for freedom, for democracy and for peace started 20 years ago and for which I had suffered persecution, imprisonment and exile. In fact, so began the collaboration for the armed struggle against the invading Nazis and Fascists.
Later I was part of the Garibaldi Brigade A. Gramsci, in 1945 he volunteered with the group's combat division "Cremona" to contribute to the liberation of the rest of Italy. Later, as a public administrator, I continued to work to rebuild the country and the consolidation of democracy.
in various public offices, political, cooperative, trade union and workers everywhere continues to support the same spirit of freedom and democracy with whom I had fought so long.
April 1944: disbandment and reconstitution of the brigade * A. Gramsci
the morning of April 9, 1944, it was Easter, Roccasalli, 1086 [m] s [ul] l [ivello sea], the town of Amateur, the command of the batt [to] them Tito Toso, Goiko ... , Met in another room and emerge after about an hour, telling us that their battalion was not included in the area of \u200b\u200bLioness-Cascia, we could follow them, or choose where to go. Luigino (Bonanni Antonio) with his battalion resumed its autonomy and turned into the valley that we had covered April 2, after the point of ... , Leads to Pescia, a suburb of Norcross. Vasco Valentino Pascucci and decided to follow the Yugoslavs and I, and a Lioness of Husky decided to return to the Yugoslav Lioness. The Yugoslav then he would go to Canterbury with a family friend.
begin to climb Mount Spelonca, without vegetation and covered with frozen snow, which forced us to act as the climbers: dig a little hole with the tip of the shoe, then squeeze the tip and go a bit further up. Once at the top of Mount Spelonca, high 1799 meters above sea level, we lost track of the position. I was counting on the experience of the Husky, being a Lioness and a butcher, so accustomed to travel around the mountains for the purchase of livestock for slaughter, must have knowledge of the area. Peering around the horizon in the distance. Husky thought that small stocks down lights, to the east, could be those of Royal City.
direct us to the right, after a half hour descent Husky began to orient themselves, in fact, at about 22 arrived in the area of \u200b\u200bTerzone. We decided to go in the town. It occurred to me that there was a displaced person Lausi of Terni, where the child, ie 23 years before, had attended along with the 5th grade class.
We needed to ask for information about the Nazis, April 1, had been abandoned in the area and knew nothing of what had happened. The first pass showed me the house Lausi, knocked, went downstairs, I was alone and unarmed as not to alarm, I told him who I was, but he - as he was a boy: tall boy and no - I was able to give information.
With Husky, who was now able to guide us onto a valley that would take us over the river that Leonessa Horn, crossing up and down Ruscio Cascia, flows [I] the height of the Black Triponzo. Once in S. Juvenal at approximately 24 days of lO, a small town [was] S. Juvenal, in a house made us enter. We were tired from 36 hours of climbing up to 1902 meters of altitude, wet and hungry, they gave us bread and cheese and some information about what had happened to Lioness. We were told that the Nazis, with the artillery Sommaggio on mules, had passed from the valley, continuing up to the highest peaks of the mountains. We learned that many people had shot a Lioness and the day that just ended had left the area. After a couple of hours and we drove about six o'clock we were on the dry bed of the stream Horn. In the middle of the plain of
Lioness - here we parted - I walked in the house Marchetti where I left my wife, my two sons and a brother, Husky and the Yugoslav Lioness to where Husky had to learn the terrible news that his father and brother were among the 51 shot by the fascists.
My parents were all alive, I learned more detailed information, meanwhile, came Mary, the largest of the eight children of John Cordeschi that housed my family, and enthusiastically told me that he saw Armando ditches in uniform and armed with that chick from Villa headed for the Blind Jump (Ferentillo). From a son of John I sent my cousin Olindo ditches, Armando's brother, from whom I learned more detailed information on the massacre perpetrated by the Germans, and together we decided to start all jump in the direction of the blind, where we hoped to find Armando, and continue if necessary with my family for Marmore (Terni).
was the sixth move my wife and children were forced to do to avoid being taken hostage by the Nazi. Jump to the Blind did not find Armando, but mother Loreta (as it was called by the partisans of "Gramsci" Loreta Pennacchi who lived on the Jumping Blind) told us that Armando had spent a couple of hours earlier. We continued to Ferentillo. At the terminus of the tramway to Terni Olindo began talking with a man, then invited me to come closer. "This is Ottorino Faina - Olindo said - is that he has arranged a meeting at my house with the representatives of" Terni "and the command of Brigadier A. Gramsci". Faina informs us that the mountains of Ferentillo There is a group of 12 supporters waiting to rejoin the formation of "Gramsci" and expect to return to training. We arrived in
Collestatte Plan. It was 17 hours, we got off the tram. My wife, my brother and Olindo, climbing the path of Fìcarone said, skirting the right of the waterfall, went to Marmore. Florio
Flora and stayed with me in the garden, waiting for news on the OND situation Marmore. Around 19 games and we [got] up to Campacci in the village [where] thirty days after the Nazi-Fascists were killed seventy-five partisan Peter Montesi. In the woods I found Armando ditches, Earl Richard and Menotti, Giuseppe Faggin and other partisans. My children went home to his mother. With a group of partisans on the morning of day 11 we carry around in Montoppio Piediluco, where there was another group of partisans of those who waited Piediluco Papigno. The attack to liberate the Nazi-fascist Lazio [and] Umbria from partisan forces that had taken considerable forces of the "Hermann Goering," he was forced to use guerrilla tactics to disappear in small groups, on the outskirts of their villages, in to find shelter, meals, information and anything else needed to regroup and then return to the fight.
came Papigno group, led by Bobo. There were about thirty, but there were many pictures of brigade. We examined the situation. We needed to rest for 15 days he wandered from one mountain to another by Lioness at Colle d'Arquata from this site in the mountains of Piediluco. We had to take orders from the military junta, decided to move in the mountains of Miranda-Mogg, we thought a quieter area, since there were no active partisan. We made contact with her boyfriend Carlo Cervelli Marmore and the night of 14 days crossing the bridge over the river Velino regulator, where brains and two other fellow guard assured us the green light - Marmore was full of Germans who were guarding the water works of [and] central [i] Galleto, Velino, Marmora, steelworks -; just passing by the barbed wire of the [of]. Gallet, soldier with the Germans across the road Marmore-Greccio-Rieti, we climbed the mountains, up to the cabin for [the] hunting palombacci Calamesi the count, where we slept a few hours.
the morning of April 15 we were hungry and thirsty. What little we had brought with bread that had gone into our empty stomachs. With packages (Earl Richard) went down on the trail of Moggio, the others moved on hunts Fioretti (the Farngere). From the first pass sent word to Aegisthus Sabatini therein displaced person (our partner and supplier of bread) to be down two friends waiting for him. After about two hours came the sister of Aegisthus, Cesira with Silvestri Silvio, greengrocers in Terni, husband of the sister of Cesira. Baffled informed us that on the night of a group of 13 partisans had removed [them] all the flour, bacon and hams in a well hidden and the priest had taken away two carboys of wine and something from the altar. We could not give a squat.
Reflecting on who might have been that group of supporters could not find a common thread. Cesira told us that they would come back the next morning, two in Moggio, we could go and meet them. Farngene went back to hunting, if it was our group. After a little 'get counts of Amalfi Falls, carrying a loaf of bread with ham and a bottle of wine. Cervelli had informed him of our crossing in Marmore and where we stayed, Amalfi very practical forest, because a boy had made the coal, had no difficulty in finding ourselves. He had driven the desire to know the news of his brother Domenico, which, since the liberation of Lioness, we did not had more. We knew nothing, but Dominic had been captured along with Picts and Bonanni Orietta Vailant and shot at with Carmine Marcello Villa Favola, Ciambotti Septimus, Joseph Aquilante.
the morning of April 17th '44 I, Armando ditches and packages (Earl Richard) went down to Moggio. Cesira after a while, 'shows us that the trail coming from Prata di Stroncone came two armed young men. Cesira approached them and told [them]: "They look for you, they are partisans of Marmore. They were suspicious, they informed us about the activity of the night of 13 and we [said] that if we wanted to know more could bring us with them to Prata, as she walks the battalion commander G. Manni with a team. Together we went to Prata Stroncone, just off the top of the small valley in the distance we saw a squad of armed men. We marched towards them, but at a hundred yards there [paved] muskets ordered him to stop.
Member. "We are of the brigade Gramsci, we control, on the other hand, a [... ] With the blond beard, in uniform, armed, replied: "Do not approach otherwise disappeared." "But you're in contact with Orlando (Pascucci duty)," I said. Not lowered their weapons: we did a few steps forward, just as without lowering their guns. We continued to talk, after a bit 'down [ro] no arms and walked towards us, trusting to their superiority in numbers: 15 against three and two of them were behind us.
Once we explained that a contact from the mountains of Lioness we moved there to escape the Germans, [and] which, however, before the Nazis and Fascists, the command of the brigade Gramsci, in its session of 26. 3 to Monteleone di Spoleto, had decided that the battalion was to move in the Mann-Lioness Polino, as the area Stroncone-Calvi was not suitable for guerrilla warfare. Elbano Renzi, who was the comandandante blond beard, said: "We are with you and send to Farngere to alert the political commissar Gildo Bartolucci (too easily be made real names) to reach us."
From a shepherd grazing his flock near - then the meadows were only a few houses of pastors called Caprarecce - bought a lamb and bread in his house and was roasted. Everyone ate together in the afternoon we reached the other Farngere. The next day came Bartolucci '. We talked a long time. Between me, True, ditches, and Saturn were able to inspire confidence, as we told that we were in Alfredo prison Filipponi, commander of the brigade, with Pascucci duty and the description of the partisan struggle in Poggio Bustone Lioness in Cascia [which] in our group were the protagonists. Bartolucci abbe trust and agreed to transfer part of his battalion. Renzi with a group wanted to stay in the area.
parcels with another partisan Piedimoggio to realize where the boat was to cross the river Velino (then there was the bridge over the railway station near the Velino Labro-Mogg, it ferried the river with a boat and Parcels 'We expect more to Piedimoggio. On the night of 19 from Farngere descended. Parcels led us on the banks of the Velino, with three crossings ferries in bank right. Lapping the shores dellaghetto Ventina, along the road, the light, crossed the road Piediluco-Rieti, Labro on the mountains above Buonacquisto, Monte Polino. On the afternoon of April 21 of '44 we were at Casaletti Jump Blind. The next day came the commander of the brigade Pasquale (Alfre Filipponi) and other supporters flocked. On 23 we reached the battalion commanded by Luigi (Antonio Bonanni). Met with members of the command present (Filipponi, Gigli Vasco, Zeno with the commanders of battalions and Commissioners (True, Satu Bonanni). They were reordered teams, detachments, battalions. The battalion commanded by Luigi (Antonio Bonanni) was assigned as a commissioner True political Zagaglioni.
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Terni, June 6 1991
the direction of the Democratic Party of the Left Rome Thanks exhortation to withdraw the sum of 80,000 pounds of your check, I appreciate what you write about our past struggles and the action that we perform in the future Defence of the People and for the affirmation of socialist society, but the check I'll return, I can not accept, are alien to the Democratic Party of the Left. I promoted and adhered to the Communist PRC and are very proud that 83 years of age I still need a living trust in that humanity needs of socialist society. The basic principles of Marxism are timeless. Greetings
ZenoniBruno
Biography: - August 1931 (62 years ago) - before officially the Italian Communist Party
- April 1932 - arrested and confined in Ventotene
- April 1935 - arrested for the May
- April 1938 - jailed for 29 days for a visit to Hitler in
Italy - May 1939 - detained and referred to the T [ribunale] S [pecial] fascist
- 1944 - partisan and member of the Brigade A. Gramsci
- 1945 - volunteer, along with another 300 in Terni
Cremona Combat Group - 1948 - imprisoned and tried for war actions
partisan - I was a member of the provincial secretary of the Italian Communist Party. For years, Councillor for the Municipality of Terni. I have held positions unions, cooperatives, associations and various organizations. Also on the board of 'partisan National Association of Italy and of' political persecution Italian anti-Fascist Association and president of the National Partisans of Italy for ten years. I enclose a check
Italian No Credit 57/021028168704 payable to Zenoni Bruno (not transferable). The allowance is f. 80,000.
Autobiography Zenoni Bruno, born in Marmore of Terni in 1908, the son of a worker, elementary education.
A 14-year-old worker at Terni steelworks, 16 to 35 years in Marmore barber.
assisted in puberty, with saddened heart to the violence of the fascist gangs, mature in his mind the idea of \u200b\u200bjustice and binds quickly to the young workers of his antifascist Marmore.
In 1931 he joined the Italian Communist Party, in April of 1932 is assigned to the Border Police for five years, he spent only months in the island of Ventotene.
In 1935 in Rome on the eve of May I was locked up in Regina Coeli prison in Spoleto in 1938 in "The Rock", there is imprisoned for 29 days, on the occasion of Hitler's visit in Italy.
In May 1939 he was arrested for the reorganization of the Party Italian Communist propaganda and is referred to the Special Court for the Defence of the fascist state and i12 in February 1940 was acquitted for lack of evidence.
On July 25, 1943 is among the leaders of the celebrations for the fall of fascism, speak to the workers in front of the steelworks. After September 1944
1'8 contributes to the organization of armed resistance against fascism, with the partisan brigade Garibaldi A. Gramsci, participation in the liberation of Lioness and, as a member of the same command, fight until June 13, 1944, the day of liberation from fascism in Terni.
Liberata Terni assume various positions in order to reorganize the democratic society, the most challenging is to be appointed by the commissioner of the Executive Committee of National Liberation of Terni.
In November 1944 he was among the organizers of the bulls and recruit volunteers in Cremona Combat Group, and volunteered on February 2. In the trenches on the River Senio, S. Alberto, at Alford, commander is a soldier in the Ravenna, moral guidance and political volunteers Terni.
After the war part of the City Council, is then appointed Provincial Secretary of the Committee for the after-war (of veterans).
In 1946 he was first elected to the City Council of Terni.
The Communist Party of Terni he held various positions in the 'apparatus and the secretariat. In the reorganization of
democratic society carry out various functions as a member of the Council of The City of assistance, the President of the Cooperative Union of Workers and Federcoop Section consumption. In 'municipal administration of Terni remained there until 1955, passing by the Department to the assistance of the municipal police and public works.
Since 1944 member of the Provincial Committee of the National Partisans of Italy for 10 years is its President. He is currently Vice President of the Federal control of the Communist Party, after having been President for 10 years, Chairman of the Subcommittee III charges the municipality of Terni and a member of the Secretariat of the Provincial Federation of Italian pensioners.
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defend the Constitution and democracy * dusk. Finished talking to Alfredo Terni Filipponi, Aladdin Bibolotti, Armando Cardinals, Vincenzo Inches, Poliuto Chiappini and Alfredo Urbina step down from the Palace Bianchini, cross the square and enter the door on the right side of the facade of the cathedral: this was the official seat of Provincial National Liberation Committee of Terni.
Based in Campitelli, Eustachi home, it was agreed the transfer because it was difficult to find a house to be unaffected by the bombing of fact in the first 15 days even the Steering Committee of the Communist Federation Terni (composed of Filipponi Alfredo duty Pascucci, Vincenzo Inches, Armando Cardinals, Saints Goliardo) worked from home.
rupture of the unity between communists and Catholics who had settled during the armed struggle in 1947 with the fall of the Government of National Liberation Committee, did not permit the establishment of economic democracy established by Title III of the Italian Republican Constitution, the liberal democratic society.
Young avoided the pitfall of the constitutional amendment, the Constitution is not the cause of bad governance, but its non-implementation: defending the Constitution Republican and fight all together so that it is respected as full implementation of its own, you can ensure the people for peace, work, democracy and a true and fair social development, suitable for technological progress that man's intelligence has been able to achieve.
These memories, 37 years later, give us strength and confidence to encourage young people to reflect on 'wide range of forces that then heard a unified fight to liberate Italy from fascism, the masses were the protagonists of the Resistance because they had confidence in themselves, because they realized that had to participate personally in the fight to defeat the dictatorship and fascism. Those same forces expressed
popular players for the reconstruction of democratic society in our city started immediately from the streets, bridges, services, factories destroyed, organized labor unions, cooperatives, to revived agricultural consortium to ensure the farmers seeds, pesticides.
Garibaldi Brigade A. Gramsci put at the disposal of the Provincial Agriculture Economic Statistics 30 partisans who, with the function of the inspectors, immediately began monitoring the harvest and threshing of the grain in storage to ensure that the public could have a minimum of bread . Quest 'by continued to control the harvest of maize, the vintage and the olive harvest. Today
the defendants, whose age has not turned out the consciousness of what was useful to the Resistance, the armed struggle and the contribution to the moral and material reconstruction of a democratic society, they feel more alive than that and will encourage the younger generation to learn that period because, although the roads that they choose will be different, must be the common belief that to exit the stagnation in which we come to find It need a renewal, it is urgent to put an end to the power of small groups engaged in 36 years, not allowing theft of hundreds of billions go unpunished, encouraging others not to follow the path of the robbers, isolating the terrorism that is in these situations always recipe for your vitality, preventing unemployment and increase the living standards of working people feel more and more the grip of the difficulties, the threat of nuclear war and the danger of the destruction of mankind.
We find that unity among the democratic and progressive forces and, as then, the Italian company will exit the current crisis, moral, social, economic.
* In "Resistance together," 1981, no 3. .
E 'news these days about the discovery of a clandestine printing of money in Caserta, have spoken more or less ( Republic , Courier, etc.) with the usual tone negative and tipping the scales even in saying that it is the consumer who loses. It's actually the opposite, and who really steals the Italian consumer and the bank that issues the money, formerly the Bank of Italy is now the European Central Bank. 
