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…
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…
A propaganda leaflet with a jackboot and swastika image. The text gives examples of the brutality of the Nazi regime, to Germans and to countries invaded.
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…