Vittorio Giampietro Bernardino Peretti - Margherita Gili
Episodes of the peasant world of Volvera
Bernardino Peretti is a farmer who was born in Volvera in 1930. He describes the reasons of the institution of social housing programmes in Volvera. He remembers the creation of the first peasant trade union and other episodes that marked the history of agriculture in Volvera between the 1930s and the 1950s.
His wife, Margherita Gili was born in Volvera in 1933. She tells of her aunt and her mother who died during WWII. Moreover, she explains the ways in which she met her future husband.
The couple tells their family history, their vicissitudes during the war and in the post-war period. In particular, the Bernardino tells about his political activity as a member of the City Council.
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Volvera
District: TO
Altitude: 251m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvera
Bernardino Peretti
Year: 1930
City: Volvera
Profession: Farmer
Languages: Italiano, piemontese
Margerita Gili
Date of birth: 03-01-1933
City: Volvera
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
TUNINETTI G. (2008), In memoriam. Clero della diocesi di Torino defunto dal 1951 al 2007: vescovi, preti, diaconi, Cantalupa, Effatà, p. 521 (scheda biografica di don Amilcare Merlo, parroco di Volvera dal 1940 al 1984, più volte citato nell'intervista).
Document by: Franco Zampicinini
Video by: Luca Percivalle con la collaborazione di Anna Aletto
Created: 26-03-2009
