among the children of the exodus is also Marchionne
Fausto Biloslavo
Fiat manager's mother forced to abandon his country after a series of tragic bullying. Ethnic cleansing was started in 1943. And the family was hard hit
Zucconi - 'Sergio I remember as a child when I was helping to feed the cattle. Grandfather has never known, because it was infoibato by Tito's partisans. With his mother, Mary, are always linked. I felt the last time Jan. 17, when he became 84 years old, to wish. With her sister Anna went into exile in Canada, but we were never forgotten. " He speaks in the Venetian dialect, Maria Zuccon, the aunt of Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat. He knew of its origins in Abruzzi and life as a teenager in Canada, but also flows in the veins of blood Istrian super manager. Not only the family's maternal Marchionne has tried on her skin and the tragedy of foibe exodus.
Only a brother, Martin, if they have not gone after the war by marrying Mary, who welcomed us to "Fogoler 'of a typical Istrian house. "Sergio's mother is also called Maria and she was born in this house" says the aunt of the super manager. Blue eyes, silver hair and shawl over her shoulders, she has remained Zucconi, as in the Italian village of few houses taken from the family .. "Once we were a hundred, but now we are up to 40" sighs Mrs. Mary. At a few kilometers from Pula, the whole area with a strong Italian presence until the postwar period has been emptied by the exodus. Prior to that, because of the armistice of 1943, guerrilla bands have made the dress rehearsal for the ethnic cleansing. And the family's maternal Marchionne has come under the scrutiny.
"James, the grandfather of Sergio, was a hard worker. A Krnica, three miles from here, had set up shop under the house "said Aunt Mary. "He never hurt anyone," insists the woman, born in 1925. In Fascist who wanted commercial license would automatically join the Fascist Party. Marchionne's aunt again, however, "that James never wore the black shirt." On September 8, 1943, the royal army disbanded. In Istria you create a dangerous power vacuum. Tito's partisans emerge from the woods and pick up their "enemies of the people."
"They went home at night, tying her wrists with wire. In the country have taken six. An engineer, he had done only good, but also the butcher - said the witness -. In the band there was an ideological communist leader, but in fact those who had debts the shop of James took the opportunity to kill him. "
Hostages disappear into thin air. "Anna's sister Mary, who is now with her in Canada, gave no peace. He wanted to save his dad. Someone had seen them taken away in single file, "says Mary. His brother Joseph, had just returned home after the turnaround of 8 September, was also launched in searches. Unfortunately it ended up in a sweep of the Germans, who were regaining Istria with iron and fire. Mistaken for a partisan or a deserter from the past to have weapons.
"But Anna has not won to date. The father, with others, had been thrown into the cave of Trlji, five miles from this house. She went to Pola and convinced the firemen to recover the bodies, "explains Aunt Mary. "On the Brink of foiba, when they pulled out the bodies swollen Anna said he is not, is not he ... - Remember the lady Zuccon -. Then he got a start in front of a body beyond recognition. This is my father. He recognized from the buttons of his jacket which she had made. "
The maternal grandfather of Sergio Marchionne ended in foiba but Istria not only brought misfortune. His parents met just Krnica. Conception The father was serving in police station. Mother Maria was immediately in love with the young uniformed Abruzzo. Conception was transferred first in Slovenia and then in Gorizia "to" defend "the border invasion Communist "writes Mark Gregory Black Man's sweater, a book of success on the AD Fiat. The future wife is from her husband's relatives in Italy escaped the ethnic cleansing of Tito. His sister Anna would like to reach. At the end of the Second World War, the situation worsened. Tito I left to take up the ethnic cleansing in mid 1943. In the face of violence, 350 thousand Italians in Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia to escape their homeland. "One day, Anna took her bike, with only two bags in hand. She went to Pola to embark on the last steamer for Italy, "she says with emotion Aunt Mary.
Sergio's parents marry after the war and go to live in Chieti in 1952 where he was born the future super manager. The exile Zuccon Anna is the first in Canada, followed by family Marchionne, who wants to give more consideration to the child. In Istria are uncles Martin and Mary. "They came to see me for the first time after the war when Sergio was 3. There was no light or running water. Sergio in the lavavamo "Mastel" with water from the tank with my children, "says Mary, smiling. The young Marchionne has fun during the holidays in Istria. "I helped to bring the cattle. He liked to use the whip to direct it and would not let go even when he went to sleep. For more great I always said if you keep up the good work aunt camps will end at the cemetery. "
From Fiat do know that the CEO "as a child often heard stories of her mother and aunt of refugees from Istria. In the book Gregory, a cousin Abruzzo noted that on the wrist of his unique sweater Marchionne became a small crest embroidered flag. With the rise of Marchionne ties with relatives who remained in Istria are rare, but not deleted. "Sergio has also come from Switzerland with his wife and two children to let us know," says Maria. "Now I see him on television. They say he is a manager of the world's largest - said Aunt Mary -. But for me the boy will remain with the features of the mother. Sergio is a simple person and I hold dear in my heart forever. "
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