Pierino Beggi
Istoreco ERA-Group
Pulse-team
2006-11-28
Pulse-team
2006-11-28
I started to run as fast as I could. I was skinny then and 23 years old. The soldier took out his gun and started shooting at me.
Pierino Beggi
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Introduction and family; 8th September 1943; escape from captivity
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GAP (Armed Partisan Groups)
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First partisan action; Cervi brothers
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Action for exchange of prisoners
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Stealing 110 head of cattle
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Assault on the base of test pilots
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Steeling ammunition
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Fossoli: Russian prisoners liberated
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Mines against the cavalry
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Using a bazooka
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The death of Fiorello
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Sabotage at the airfield
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The curtain of the Theatre Valli
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Liberation of Reggio Emilia
Photo Gallery
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Pierino Beggi at 19, in 1939
Short Biography
Pierino Beggi was born in Reggio Emilia, where he still lives, on 3 March 1920. He was in the military when the fascist regime fell. When the armistice was signed he was in Piemonte, near the French border, and managed to avoid being captured by the Germans. When he returned in Reggio Emilia, in 1943 he enrolled in the GAPs (Patriotic Action Groups). His battle name was “Gigi”. Beggi carried out attacks and sabotages and also took part in the action that lead to the rescue of the valuable curtain of Reggio Emilia’s “Valli” theatre. He contributed to the Liberation of Reggio Emilia on 24 April 1945 and witnessed the arrival of the Allies.