Giuseppe Brusasca Nello Streri, a middle-class man in the Resistence
Istituto storico della Resistenza e della società contemporanea in provincia di Cuneo
Interviewed in 2011,Nello Streri, born in 1923 in Cuneo, recalls his becoming an adulthood as the last member of a wealthy middle class family. He join the antifascism after the example of his family acquaintances, among which Duccio Galimberti stands out .
He recalls the days after July 25, 1943; his arrest on September 8, 1943; his decision to join the "justice and freedom" partian brigates. He tells about his days as a partisan fighting in the Po plain, the Grana and Stura valleys, and also in the highlands of Langa.
He also tells the names of those who fought with, describing some army actions,the relationship betwneen the civilian population and the clergy; his role in the brigates; the liberation of Turin, its risks and hopes.
Video table of contents
- A middle class childhood
- teachers
- Family antifascism and Duccio Galimberti
- From July 25 to September 8, 1943, in Cuneo
- Arrested on September 12, and entrance in the resistence
- Fighting in the Langhe region
- Near Dogliani: garibaldini partisans, allied launches and fastist troopers
- The help of civilian population
- Messangers
- Taking Alba
- Free areas
- The help of clergy
- The liberation of Turin
- Resistence not enough known
- Freedom fighting
- Political militance
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Cuneo
District: CN
Altitude: 534m s.l.m.
Nello Streri
Year: 1923
City: Cuneo
School: University
Profession: Self-employed
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Fabio Bailo
Video by: Remo Schellino
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