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Partisans attack a mountain check point
A group of partisans under cover behind rocks in the mountains are firing on a check-point. The figures below have been taken by surprise and are running around holding guns in the air. Two of the four partisans behind the rocks are firing with…
Nino Zanninello hides an improvised explosive device inside a bicycle
In a mountain landscape, a man disassembles a red bicycle. The frame hangs from a tree. Parts and tools are scattered across the ground.
Caption reads “107” and “Novembre 1944. (1) L’inverno si avvicina a grandi passi e necessitano i…
Caption reads “107” and “Novembre 1944. (1) L’inverno si avvicina a grandi passi e necessitano i…
Prisoners of the San Sabba Concentration Camp being brutalised
Prisoners kept in the Risiera di San Sabba Concentration Camp are brutalised by German soldiers. Some men are chained to the support columns with manacles, whilst others lie on the ground. In the background a group is pulling a cart with bodies…
Statement of Angiolo Innocenti about some Allied servicemen
Angiolo Innocenti claims he helped, from 10 September 1943 to 15 December 1943, eight English prisoners of war, giving them food, clothes, and tobacco. On 15 December they moved to Florence and were hosted by some Florentine families. For his…
Statement of Angiolo Puccianti about some Allied servicemen
Angiolo Puccianti claims he helped, from 8 September 1943 to 1 August 1944, five Allied servicemen, giving them food and clothes, and for his efforts he received a certificate of thankfulness (number 81880-18254) and some money.
Interview with Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison was born in Cologne in 1924 to a German mother and English father. His desire to be aircrew was thwarted initially by a failed medical, something he later surmises could be on account of his mother’s nationality. A member of the…
Statement of Anselmo Lucchesi about some Allied servicemen
Anselmo Lucchesi claims he helped, from 8 September 1943 to 20 December 1943, ten allied prisoners of war hid in his hut in Striglianella (Pistoia), giving them food and clothes. On 20 December, they moved to Migliana area, near Cantagallo (Prato),…
Statement of Anselmo Torracchi about some Allied servicemen
Anselmo Torracchi claims he helped, from 10 September 1943, some Allied servicemen hid in the woods, giving them food and clothes. His son Francesco often went there to tend one of them. On 7 December, they were recaptured in Cantagallo (Prato). For…
Statement of Antinesca Quieti about some Allied servicemen
Antinesca Quieti claims she helped, from 10 September 1943 to 15 March 1944, twelve English prisoners of war of war, giving them food, shelter and clothes. On 15 March 1944 they moved to Florence to escape fascist militiamen.
Statement of Antonio Pistorozzi about some allied servicemen
Antonio Pistorozzi claims that after the armistice some allied prisoners of war from camps in Emilia stayed with him in Sambuca Pistoiese (Pistoia). He gave them food.
He also recollects that in the period between 25 May and 5 June 1944 an American…
He also recollects that in the period between 25 May and 5 June 1944 an American…
Statement of Archimede Lorenzini about some Allied servicemen
Archimede Lorenzini claims he helped two English prisoners of war (service numbers 83238 and 41956). For three months he brought them food and clothes.
Statement of Ardelia Breschi about some Allied servicemen
Ardelia Breschi claims she helped, for 8 September 1943 to 1 September 1944, five Allied servicemen, whose identification number were 4389011, 6013099, 6016247, 3327632, and 4395551. She gave them food and clothes.
Statement of Ardelia Susini Cecconi about some Allied servicemen
Ardelia Susini Cecconi claims that she was evacuated to Prunetta, near Pistoia, following an air strike. On 24 September 1943, two English escapees arrived there from a camp near Modena. She and other people gave them food and provided a place of…
Statement of Ardelio Giardi about some Allied servicemen
Ardelio Giardi claims he helped, from 8 September 1943 to 1 September 1944, some Allied servicemen. He gave them food and clothes. For his efforts, he received a certificate of thankfulness (number 83272-18245).
Statement of Ardelio Meucci about some Allied servicemen
Ardelio Meucci claims he helped some allied prisoners of war from 11 September to 20 November 1943. When he came to known that five men where hiding in the woods near his house, he brought food, clothes and cigarettes. On 20 November he learned that…
Statement of Ardelio Tognelli about a Stannard and H T Prior
Ardelio Tognelli claims he helped, from 7 January 1944 to 22 May 1944, A Stannard and Private H T Prior.
Statement of Argentina Maestrani about T Danson, and F Hansall
Argentina Maestrani claims she helped, from August 1944, two allied servicemen: T Danson (4758132, England) and F Hansall (3327037, England), giving them food, shelter and clothes.
Statement of Aristodemo Lenzi about some Allied servicemen
Aristodemo Lenzi claims he helped fifteen English prisoners of war, with his fellow villagers, in Fognano, in the municipality of Montale (Pistoia). He gave them food and clothes, sometimes shelter.
Statement of Armido Biancalani about some Allied servicemen
Armido Biancalani claims he helped, from 10 September 1943 to 10 December 1943, eleven prisoners of war who escaped from camps. He gave them food and clothes while they were in Striglianella, near Pistoia. For his efforts, Armido received a…
An interesting war
Memoir of the life of Arthur Spencer. Includes details of childhood and growing up. Continues with his joining the Royal Air Force and his training in the United States as a pilot and then navigator. Followed by training in England and then posting…
Statement of Attilio Meoni about some Allied servicemen
Attilio Meoni claims he helped, from 10 September 1943 to 20 December 1943, some Allied servicemen hid in the woods near Striglianella (Pistoia) bringing them food. On 25 December, they were recaptured in Cantagallo (Prato). For his efforts he…
Statement of Augusto Ciampi about some Allied servicemen
Augusto Ciampi claims he helped some English servicemen he found on the road to the village of Forcana, in the municipality of Montale. He hosted them in his hut for twenty-five days, bringing them food. When the Allies reached Florence, they…
Statement of Ausilia Villani about some Allied servicemen
Ausilia Villani claims she helped some allied prisoners of war, including George Retorich, giving them food, clothes, and shelter in her house on the edge of the woods. When discovered by the police they managed to escape from a window. Later, George…
Interview with James Thomas Bateman
Aged 17, James volunteered for aircrew in June 1942 purely for the adventure as he was looking for something exiting. He trained in Canada as a navigator and after a wonderful leave in New York returned to England for advanced flying training. on…
Statement of Basilio Rossi about some Allied servicemen
Basilio Rossi claims he helped, from 8 September 1943 to 1 September 1944, some Allied servicemen. He gave them food and clothes. For his efforts, he received a certificate of thankfulness (number 83267-18259).