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Rudi Bratuz - Consigliere

Father also brought to Canada, as a precious possession, the three medals he received for his service as a City and Provincial Counselor. Three years after the war, in 1948, he was elected as a representative of the Slovene community of Gorizia. His experiences of oppression, imprisonment, and of terrible events, gave him a new courage to stand up to those who opposed him, and to be a very effective member of the City Council.

It is with immense regret that I realized I never heard him in action. This part of his life was what he was most proud of, as it redeemed so many years of suffering before, during, and immediately after, WWII.

All three medals come from the same Florentine jeweler, Picchiani & Barlacchi

Bronze Medal

Bronze medal

COMUNIS GORICIAE

   
Bronze Medal

GORIZIA
CONSIGLIO COMUNALE
1948 – 1952

 

Silver Medal

Silver medal

COMUNIS GORICIAE

   
Silver Medal

GORIZIA
AL
CONSIGLIERE
RODOLFO BRATUZ
1948 – 1955

 

 

Gold Medal

Gold medal

COMUNIS GORICIAE

   
Gold Medal

GORIZIA
AL
CONSIGLIERE
RODOLFO BRATUZ
1948 – 1961

 

 

picture

Among the papers Father brought to Canada I retrieved this draft of his first address to the Council

Consigliere

Consigliere

Consigliere

From Left to Right: “Rudi Bratu¾, Cav. Crocetti, Avv. Devetag, the Mayor Dr. Bernardis, Dr. Poterzio, Dr. Batti, Dr. Verbi.
Only Dr. Grusovin is missing, who had died just during those days.”

[Cav. stands for the honorific title ‘cavaliere;’ Avv. (Avvocato) stands for an attorney’s title]

Consigliere

 

 

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