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Bruna Riccobon |\xa0Memoirs of a Refugee Girl\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\nWWII came to northeastern Italy and the coastal city of Trieste long before the Germans did.\xa0 As early as 1940 Fascist Italian rulers were eliminating nationalist and anti-Fascist Italians and Slovenes, imprisoning and killing thousands.\n\nAs Trieste resistance fighters became active in 1943, German troops were being stationed in the region and ruling the newly formed Italian Social Republic from behind the scenes. \xa0By 1944 near Trieste, the Germans had built the only concentration camp (with crematorium) in Italy. \xa0Its effects were devastating, killing more than 3,000 Jews, Slovenes, and Italians.\n\nWhen she was a young girl, Bruna Riccobon\u2019s family endured Trieste\u2019s brutal Nazi occupation and subjugation of civilians. \xa0However, by 1945 as the Allies gained ground in Italy and forced the Germans to retreat northward, the Yugoslavians moved in on Trieste and liberated the region in the name of communism.\n\nThe heavy-handed Yugoslavians used their own concentration camps and execution program to punish Fascist and German collaborators, but they also began to purge hundreds of local nationalist and anti-communist Italians. \xa0The Riccobon family, having survived the Nazis, where then forced to endure the Tito Communists until the Allies gained full control over the region.\n\nOn episode 1 of the podcast, Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society and Heritage Museum curator Jamie Stoner talks with Pittsburgh author Bruna Riccobon about her latest book, Memoirs of a Refugee Girl\u2014a story of a girl during WWII in a part of Italy that later fell under communist regime, her years spent in refugee camps and immigration to America, and her struggles to adjust to a new culture and growth into adulthood.\n\n\n\nThis episode was recorded April 23, 2016, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Host: Jamie Stoner. Guest: Bruna Riccobon. Audiography: Kevin Farkas, Bryan Chemini. Music: Siren ("Let You Know"), Shoreline ("Weeks"), Alexander White ("What We Saw") available at Soundcloud.com. \xa0\xa92017 Alle-Kiski Chronicle Podast/TSVP. All rights reserved.\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\nOTHER WAYS TO FIND THE PODCAST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\tjQuery('#slider_3067').owlCarousel({\n\t\t\tresponsive:{\n\t\t\t\t0:{ items:1 },\n\t\t\t\t480:{ items:2 },\n\t\t\t\t768:{ items:3 },\n\t\t\t\t980:{ items:4 },\n\t\t\t\t1200:{ items:4 },\n\t\t\t\t1500:{ items:4 }\n\t\t\t},\n\t\t\tautoplay : true,\n\t\t\tautoplayTimeout : 3000,\n\t\t\tautoplayHoverPause : true,\n\t\t\tsmartSpeed : 400,\n\t\t\tfluidSpeed : 400,\n\t\t\tautoplaySpeed : 400,\n\t\t\tnavSpeed : 400,\n\t\t\tdotsSpeed : 400,\n\t\t\tloop : true,\n\t\t\tnav : true,\n\t\t\tnavText : ['Previous','Next'],\n\t\t\tdots : true,\n\t\t\tresponsiveRefreshRate : 200,\n\t\t\tslideBy : 1,\n\t\t\tmergeFit : true,\n\t\t\tautoHeight : false,\n\t\t\tmouseDrag : true,\n\t\t\ttouchDrag : true\n\t\t});\n\t\tjQuery('#slider_3067').css('visibility', 'visible');\n\t\tsa_resize_slider_3067();\n\t\twindow.addEventListener('resize', sa_resize_slider_3067);\n\t\tfunction sa_resize_slider_3067() {\n\t\t\tvar min_height = '50';\n\t\t\tvar win_width = jQuery(window).width();\n\t\t\tvar slider_width = jQuery('#slider_3067').width();\n\t\t\tif (win_width < 480) {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 1;\n\t\t\t} else if (win_width < 768) {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 2;\n\t\t\t} else if (win_width < 980) {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 3;\n\t\t\t} else if (win_width < 1200) {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 4;\n\t\t\t} else if (win_width < 1500) {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 4;\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tvar slide_width = slider_width / 4;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tslide_width = Math.round(slide_width);\n\t\t\tvar slide_height = '0';\n\t\t\tif (min_height == 'aspect43') {\n\t\t\t\tslide_height = (slide_width / 4) * 3;\t\t\t\tslide_height = Math.round(slide_height);\n\t\t\t} else if (min_height == 'aspect169') {\n\t\t\t\tslide_height = (slide_width / 16) * 9;\t\t\t\tslide_height = Math.round(slide_height);\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tslide_height = (slide_width / 100) * min_height;\t\t\t\tslide_height = Math.round(slide_height);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tjQuery('#slider_3067 .owl-item .sa_hover_container').