Marisa Diena - Being Jewish in the Italian Partisans
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Marisa Diena - Being Jewish in the Italian Partisans
Marisa Diena - Being Jewish in the Italian Partisans
Transcript: No, they didn't know that I was Jewish. It didn't cross my mind because, like I said, everyone there thought that I was Mara... But there was Ulisse, Polifemo, Lampo, Fulmine -- they all had battle names. You didn't know anything about anyone. It wasn't important. So most people didn't know that I was Jewish. But the Jews, the Jews that there were when we fought. One - Primo Levi, do you know Primo Levi? -- him too... I knew Primo Levi. I knew Luciana Nessin, who lived. [There was] another one who was a great friend of my friend... right now I don't remember her name ... she's dead. But we, as Jews, fought against whoever fought against us. We fought against the Nazis, against fascism. We fought as Jews.
Transcript: No, they didn't know that I was Jewish. It didn't cross my mind because, like I said, everyone there thought that I was Mara... But there was Ulisse, Polifemo, Lampo, Fulmine -- they all had battle names. You didn't know anything about anyone. It wasn't important. So most people didn't know that I was Jewish. But the Jews, the Jews that there were when we fought. One - Primo Levi, do you know Primo Levi? -- him too... I knew Primo Levi. I knew Luciana Nessin, who lived. [There was] another one who was a great friend of my friend... right now I don't remember her name ... she's dead. But we, as Jews, fought against whoever fought against us. We fought against the Nazis, against fascism. We fought as Jews.