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Growing up in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy

The Story of Andrea Marcello Meloni

By: Christine Foster Meloni

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Growing up in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy

The Story of Andrea Marcello Meloni

By: Christine Foster Meloni

Andrea Meloni was born in Year VI (1928) of the Fascist Era in Italy. In his memoir he tells stories about growing up in Mussolini’s Italy. In elementary school he delighted in being a little fascist, participating in military drills in his schoolyard and the streets of Rome. As a teenager he gradually became disillusioned with fascism as Mussolini led Italy into World War II on the side of Germany and eventually fell from power when the Allies began their invasion of Italy. He describes the first years of his life living in extreme poverty in the village of Acuto (Frosinone), his move to Rome at age five, the years under Mussolini followed by the terrors of the German occupation of Rome and the dangerous civil war between fascists and partisans, and finally the overwhelming post-war devastation.

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100

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Xlibris Corporation

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ISBN 10

1796074748

ISBN 13

9781796074741

Powdered Peas and Other Blessings

By: Christine Foster Meloni

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Powdered Peas and Other Blessings

By: Christine Foster Meloni

Casa Materna was founded in Naples, Italy, in 1905 by Pastor Riccardo Santi. Since then thousands of children from Naples and other economically-depressed towns and villages of southern Italy have lived and been educated there. They have been given the opportunity to leave behind lives of poverty and to lead happier, more fulfilling lives. This book is a collection of the personal stories of 21 former residents who describe what it was like growing up in this home and the impact it has had on their lives. All speak of Casa Materna and the Santi family with gratitude and affection.

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