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Statement of Valentina Ciappei about John F Kerrigan and Erbert Nirton
Valentina Ciappei claims she helped John F Kerrigan, Erbert Nirton and other servicemen. On 5 September 1943, there was a round-up near Ombrone river and four prisoners she helped were recaptured. On 6 December , John F Kerrigan evaded capture and…
Statement of Nara Baldi, Gina Bigagli, Anna Bonaccorsi, and Lilia Capecchi about some Allied servicemen
Nara Baldi, Gina Bigagli, Anna Bonaccorsi, and Lilia Capecchi claim they helped, from 10 September 1943 to 22 October 1943, four English prisoners of war in the village of Cantagrillo, near Pistoia. At first, they hid in Livia Gori’s kiln, and then…
Rounding-up of civilians in the Carnia district
In a mountain village, families are being rounded up by German soldiers. The soldiers are armed and are beating some of the civilians. Three men have been beaten on the head. Two are lying on the ground, whilst one is falling to the ground. In the…
Rounding-up of civilians
Civilians suspected of helping partisans are driven away in a lorry. Four armed fascists are featured in different poses. In the foreground, a woman kneels in front a man in uniform, her hands held in supplication.
Label reads “171”, signed by…
Label reads “171”, signed by…
Round-up at San Giorgio Di Nogaro
German soldiers have entered the town square during the day and are herding civilians together by pointing guns and shouting orders. Five figures (who have their hands tied behind their backs) have been separated out and taken towards the front of a…
Mock execution of civilians
Soldiers open fire on civilians in a field near some buildings. Some figures are on the ground, whilst two soldiers on the right are standing and watching.
Label reads “170”; signed by the author; caption reads “(4o)…nazi-fascisti simulano una…
Label reads “170”; signed by the author; caption reads “(4o)…nazi-fascisti simulano una…
Italian and German SS, along with men disguised as partisans, round up civilians at Paluzza
A mountain village is engulfed in flames and the civilians are being shot by soldiers. In the foreground, a man has been shot point blank in the face. Some civilians are holding their arms in the air in surrender and one man is trying to run…
Interview with Wanda Szuwalska
Wanda Szuwalska was born on a farm in Poland and was deported to Russia by train at the start of the Second World War. She talks of the journey to Russia, the time she and her family spent there, then coming to England and becoming a WAAF. Wanda…
Interview with Wanda Szuwalska
Wanda Szuwalska was 16 years old when Germany invaded Poland. The family was deported to Siberia by the Russian army. They travelled for several weeks to the Arkhangelsk region, where Wanda then worked as a logger. When war intensified between Russia…
Interview with Thea Warwick
Thea Warwick was seven years old and living in Rotterdam during the war. She recalls what it was like during the Hongerwinter, walking for miles to soup kitchens and talks about other ways of how they obtained food. They moved into the smallest…
Interview with Stefania Vischi
Stefania Vischi recalls her wartime life in the Monfalcone area and recalls how she spent long hours alone inside a shelter, frightened by explosions and tremors. She contrasts the horror of being at the receiving end of the bombing war and the…
Interview with Ruta Popika
Ruta Popika was born near the river Nemunas, in what was Lithuania before the war. She remembers her family being forced to move eastwards and westwards from Lithuania according to the changing tides of war. She remembers the occupation of the Baltic…
Interview with Paola Giorgina Pasini
Paola Giorgina Pasini provides details of her early life in a family of agricultural workers and favourably compares their conditions with those living in urban areas. She recalls the ominous sight of target indicators and flares and remembers…
Interview with Maurizio Ghiretti
Maurizio Ghiretti describes his early life at Monticelli Terme, a small town near Parma. He remembers various episodes of wartime hardships: food shortages; a tree taken down at night for firewood; men hiding in concealed rooms to avoid roundups; and…
Interview with Mark Kosky
Mark Kosky joined the ATC as a young man because he had a great interest in flying. He joined the RAFVR at the age of seventeen upon the outbreak of war. His mother was a Londoner and his father was Polish and Mark was raised in the city in the…
Interview with Maria Luisa Verniconi
Maria Luisa Verniconi (b. 1930) recalls her youth in wartime, describing how difficult it was for her mother to look after the family. She recollects adults listening to Radio Londra while the youths were on lookout. She recalls the violent behaviour…
Interview with Katherine Thompson and Roy Briggs
Katherine Ellen Thompson (known as Ellen) remembers her time in Rotterdam during the war and, particularly, during Operation Manna. She recalls various episodes: food shortages; bartering linen and silver for food; members of the Dutch fascist party…
Interview with Guido Toccacieli
Guido Toccaceri remembers his wartime experiences as a schoolboy in Milan: the day war broke out; food shortages; his father working at an airfield near Bergamo; train strafing; basements used as makeshift shelters; being evacuated outside Milan,…
Interview with Guido Di Blas and Ilario Bolletti
Guido Di Blas (pictured on the left) and Ilario Bolletti (pictured on the right) recount wartime memories associated with the town of Monfalcone and the surrounding area. They describe a severe night of bombing, recalling the ominous sight of target…
Interview with Gualtiero Silvio Cosolo
Gualtiero Silvio Cosolo recalls attending the Ceriani vocational school in Monfalcone, and every day at the same time the air raid siren went off and the children would run to the nearest shelter. He describes the bombing of 7 March 1944 and the…
Interview with Ettore Raffin
Ettore Raffin describes his early life in wartime Cordenons, his father being in America and his brother at Friedrichshafen. He remembers watching masses of aircraft heading north enroute to targets in Germany, maintaining that bombers took off from…
Interview with Dirk Bosch
Dirk Bosch was eight years old when the German army occupied his hometown of Amsterdam. He describes what life was like for him during this time. He tells of seeing Dutch Jews rounded up and deported. He describes the hunger of the time and the…
Interview with Delia Del Corto
Delia del Corto (b. 1932) remembers daily life in wartime Tuscany, living in a family of ten. She provides details on rural life, especially home bread making, and stresses the difficult co-existence with feared German troops. She tells many…
Interview with Coby Van Riel
Coby Van Riel was aged about six when the Germans invaded Holland. She lived in a fishing port area of The Hague, where her father had numerous jobs to make ends meet in the difficult days before the war and her mother ran a chemist shop. She…
Interview with Annunciata Buffadossi
Annunciata Buffadossi recollects her wartime life in Milan. Annunciata describes poor-quality housing in a low-class neighbourhood close to potential targets; emphasises how much she feared Germans and Fascists; and speaks with affection of her old…