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He (re) found them. The three sons that the American soldier Martin Adler, originally from the Bronx, met his comrade in arms John Bronsky in a basket, as they fought along the Gothic line In the fall of ’44 in the middle of World War II, they have an identity: Bruno, Mafalda and Giuliana Naldi and they are 83, 81 and 79 years old.
And today they virtually met the soldier who was 20 at the time, now 96, and who, between September and October 1944, met them at his home in Monterenzio (Bologna) and gave them some chocolate. In recent days Adler, helped by his daughter Rachelle, had launched an appeal with photos. Mission accomplished, as the journalist and writer announces Matteo Uncertain who had issued the appeal.
That day, together with his comrade in arms John Bronsky, he entered a house in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with a machine gun in his hand. From a large basket came strange noises: the two soldiers of the 339th Infantry Regiment were ready to shoot, when a woman, Mamma Rosa, ran to meet them shouting “Children, children!” Three boys came out, two girls and a boy. And the two soldiers asked their mother’s permission to take a picture with them. A small moment of happiness, in a time of horrors: the Monte Sole massacre took place not far from here.
When Mafalda Naldi saw the photo shared by Adler on social networks, she recognized it immediately. Yesterday Bruno Naldi spoke about it with a friend of his, whose carer later wrote to Incerti.
Like in a Christmas fairy tale, write Uncertain on Facebook where it tells the story. «Last night a message came to my account, “Good morning Mr. Matteo, there is an 83-year-old man who needs to speak with you. He is the one in the photograph …”. Here we are, I think that while emotions run strong. A new little miracle of life is taking place. An amazing new story is ready to be told. I think of the many stories discovered and collected in these years of research and books. I take a deep breath. Moved, I call Mr. Bruno naldi, born in 1938. Excited, he tells me that he recognized himself in the photo and that he remembers Americans at his home in a village of Monterenzio in the Bolognese Apennines. It is a succession of emotions. He tells me about his sisters Mafalda and Giuliana, born in 1938 and 1941. They are also alive! Mafalda was immediately recognized in that photo bounced by Tg1, online and their newspapers after my publication. They all live in Castel San Pietro where they moved in 1953. Giuliana remembers that big basket where they hid for fun. They remember the chocolate given to them by the soldiers of the 339th Regiment of the US 85th Division. They were in a town in Monterenzio in the fall of 1944. A coup in the hell of the Gothic Line. We warn Martin and Rachelle, technology unites us … Martin exclaims: Greaaaattttt! Then as soon as he connects with all of us across the ocean beyond time and borders: he greets them by name and dusts off the few words he learned 76 years ago …Hello boy! Do you want chocolate? Like then.
The images shared on WhatsApp during the video call in which the protagonists met for the first time in 76 years.
A fairytale
«It is a fairy tale. A fable of life born in the darkness of war. In these dark moments of our time, perhaps we all need it a little to find human warmth and love. Moved and happy with Martin and Rachelle and the entire Naldi family, I would like to thank the tens of thousands of people who have been involved in this beautiful scavenger hunt since Saturday. As my native Ojibwa friends teach and believe, the secret of life is sharing. Cause we’re all on the edge of the drum»Incerti concludes that two days ago he began to write a book about this story.
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