It peaked my interest to learn how WWII affected people in Italy. This is because of my grandfather, Frederico DiCicco. Throughout my fourteen years of life, my grandfather (or Nonno in Italian) has told me many stories from what he remembers from the war. Now taking into consideration that he was only 8 years old at the time of the war and that he has probably forgotten some stuff, he doesn't have a huge …show more content…
It was stated again by Tullio Bertini in a different article that "When my father returned home, he informed us that we were going to have to leave Diecimo, but that the consensus was that the villagers did not want to be placed on a train to be transported to Northern Italy. The recommendation from the Pievano was for the people to take whatever they could carry and literally run away to the nearby mountains and valleys. He felt that people would be able to find shelter with families living in the various villages." This research shows that it was a scary time for many families and most had to evacuate their home town for their own safety or by force of the nazis.
The final thing that was thought of while researching was if the events of the war still affect Italian people today? When talking to Fred again, he stated "Most certainly do the events still affect me. It was a very scary time for me, my family, and a lot of other people too. This will definitely be something that I will remember forever." This shows that the war had a impact on people all over the world. Obviously in some place like Germany, it was affected more but doing this research has shown that it affects other people