Granai della Memoria

 Vanda, born in 1922, speaks about her life from childhood up to the Second World War, focusing on his first experience of voting and the hopes for a new and free Italy after the end of the war and fascism.
 Vanda was born under fascism, her family consisted of six persons, the father, tram conductor, the housewife mother and four sons, two males and two females.
 Her childhood games were: bricks, clay balls, wooden doll carrying the Epiphany. She was happy "I was born under fascism. We were under that regime there and saw others do not "
 The mother wanted to make Vanda an embroiderer, but "I felt that I was not fit ... I liked to create clothes, adapt to the figure," so Vanda went to school as a seamstress and dressmaker was his job: "I did a lot of satisfaction."
 As a girl Vanda loved to go to the movies, but there was only a few times because there was no money. Carnival was the period of the dances. Pacini Theatre was opened and the audience became the ballroom. The girls were accompanied and Vanda was "pulled" from the older brother whom their mother put her to.
With her friends went to go for walks, especially in Piazza Mazzini, were called "nastri: su and giù" and made them both girls and boys.
 The war "we took away so many dreams. At 18 you have so many hopes .... a war changes your life. "
 On July 25, '43 "We made a party ... everyone in the street, but the next day ...". After September 8, the Germans raged for Pescia, aided by the fascists. The family of Wanda had been evacuated on the hill around the city and from there she saw down the old Bridge of San Francesco and the Germans hanged in retaliation pesciatini, young and old, the trees along the Pescia. Four of them were young people who had met in the house where he was displaced. Some people asked the Bishop to intercede, but already he had managed to save the city once and the Germans did not hear it.
 The end of the war was greeted with great enthusiasm, to a regained freedom, for the hope of a better future.
There was great enthusiasm for voting. Many rallies in the streets, women also participated. The day of the vote, "I got up early in the morning was quite delighted to be able to change Italy. I went to vote at 11. "
Vanda voted for the Republic, although he had sympathy for the royal family.
 Vanda concluded by inviting them to vote.