Gino Borgna, dall'Azione cattolica ai garibaldini

Istituto storico della Resistenza e della società contemporanea in provincia di Cuneo

Interviewed in 2012, Gino Borgna, born in Mondovì in 1923, tells about his youth. 14 years old, he started working in the pottery industry in Mondovì. He left the job and became a mechanic.
He join the navy. After September 8, 1943 he joins the resistance fist as a partisan in one of the autonomist band, then joins  the communist groups. As a members of a Garibaldi band he is an actor of the liberation of Mondovì in 1945.
Borgna tells about the post-war period and the trade union struggles in  Bra, Alba and Caraglio.   

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Geographic information

Country: IT

Region: Piemonte

City: Mondovì

District: CN

Altitude: 395m s.l.m.

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Gino Borgna

Year: 1923
City: Mondovì (Cuneo)
Languages: Italiano, Piemontese

Document by: Fabio Bailo
Video by: Remo Schellino

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