Family

Visiting her newfound relatives of Agnese in Massa, near Carrara, Lina talks about the need to understand why her uncle did not acknowledge his brother's children in Eritrea. Lina finds out that Agnese knew about her half-sister and brother and wished to meet them one day. A sad and inconclusive ending.

The memorial panel of Silvio Fruzzetti in the Gragnana cemetery as placed by the family shows his baptismal name of Pietro, whereas in Eritrea he called himself Silvio. The caption translates as “He fell in Africa Orientale” however, he did not fall in the war, he worked as a civilian in the colonies. Paola and Nanda explain that the change was made to secure a pension for the Italian widow.

Agnese Fruzzetti is Silvio’s Italian daughter, from his wife Rosina Zini.

We visit the cemetery with Paola and Enzo. The memorial plaque to Lina’s father Silvio and the gravestone of Lina’s half-sister Agnese.