Giuseppe Brusasca Leonardo Forgnone
Istituto storico per la storia della Resistenza e della società contemporanea nel Biellese, nel Vercellese e in Valsesia
Leonardo Forgnone Andorno class of 1909 is one of the last witnesses in the life of the Agreement on the Mount. Remember his education in the years of the First World War. In '30 came the first call to arms, and in '35 received the draft card requirement for East Africa but manages to avoid the last departure. In '41 was called to the Second World War but was discharged after a short period because the eldest of three brothers enrolled. Open a parenthesis on poverty and hunger experienced connecting rod during the Nazi-Fascist occupation. Returned to Andorno started his factory. Enter the clandestine trade union committee, consisting of three mass parties (Communist, Socialist and Christian Democrat) and contributes directly in the drafting of the Agreement on the Mount.
Video table of contents
- Presentazione
- Le scuole elementari
- Il lavoro e i corsi serali
- La chiamata alle armi
- Cartolina di richiamo per esigenza Africa orientale
- Richiamato per la Seconda Guerra
- L'arrivo della circolare
- Il matrimonio e i figli
- 08/09/43
- La fabbrica e gli anni della fame
- CNL (Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale)
- Union committee clandestine
- The Contract of the Mountain
- Dopo la guerra: la spaccatura del sindacato
- Il sindacato libero
- Dichiarazione medaglia d'oro
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Andorno Micca
District: BI
Altitude: 544m s.l.m.
Leonardo Forgnone
Year: 1909
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
A.A.V.V (1996), Omaggio a Leonardo Forgnone : la Cisl biellese nel 50. del Contratto della Montagna, Biella, Cisl biellese
Document by: Marta Nicolo
Video by: Marta Nicolo, Enrico Pagano
Created: 16-03-2012
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