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It's the night of February 13th, 1922.

Inside a small house in the Italian countryside, Pietro Fioravanti,

a 22-year-old artisan has crouched down in the living room next to his younger brother,

both grip shotguns in their hands, hiding behind them is their mother, father, and sister.

Outside a group of armed fascists yelled the family to open the door.

Pietro knows these men are black shirts, a violent group that follows fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

Pietro has heard stories about black shirts leading raids all over the country,

beating and sometimes killing Italians who support communism, people like him and his family.

Pietro checks his shotgun again, making sure it's loaded.

Then he calls out to the men outside and tells them to leave them be,

but the black shirts don't listen.

Instead they kick the door down and push inside.

Pietro braces himself as two black shirts rush into the room with weapons drawn.

Pietro and his brother stand firing their shotguns.

One of the black shirts falls to the ground.

The other cries out, clutching his leg in pain.

He limbs for the front door and joins the rest of the fascists as they flee,

clearly surprised that they met armed resistance.

Once they're certain the black shirts are gone,

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