10 February 2020 - Finding Nonno

I picture my grandpa sitting on the ship that is taking him to Corsica. It’s a cold November morning, clouds darken the sky and the sea is a grey and choppy desert. Several soldiers move around him. Each of them tries to fight fear in a different way: some clean Continue Reading

About me and this blog

Ciao! My name is Filippo. Welcome to my blog.

This is the diary of my journey through a bit of my family and Italy’s history. Here I stitch together historical facts with the memories I have of my grandpa Adolfo Pavani, who fought as a second lieutenant of the Italian Bersaglieri with the Allies in World War II. And I’ll be happy if you’ll share this journey with me. Wanna know more about me and my grandpa? Click here. Do you prefer to read my posts in Italian? No problem: I always post in both English and Italian.

If you are interested in understanding better what this project is about before reading all the posts, head here for videos and interviews about it.

Finally, this is not just a blog but also a space to hold conversations. So any comment on my articles is welcome. Especially from anyone with similar experiences or with information and material that can help me painting a clearer picture of what my grandpa and his unit experienced when contributing to the liberation of Italy. For a list of the sources I used for my posts check out these books and websites.

So let’s stay in touch! 🙂

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P.S. Most of the pictures used on this website are either mine or available in the public domain. If not, the copyright is mentioned. As for screenshots from Google Maps, the copyright belongs to Google.

DISCLAIMER:

This is a personal blog. Any views or opinions represented in this blog are personal and belong solely to the blog owner and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations that the owner may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual.

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