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GI’s Family Returns World War II Loot To Italy

by Carol King | Wed, 06/26/2013 - 09:40

Antique books taken from an Italian church during World War II were returned to Italy with the aid of a foundation dedicated to the conflict’s so-called ‘…

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George Clooney Directs And Stars In Film About Saving Italian Art In World War II

by Carol King | Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:17

George Clooney is filming ‘The Monuments Men’. Based on real life events, the movie tells the true story of a crew of art experts as they recovered works of…

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Italian Music Teacher Uncovers Lost Music Of The Holocaust

by Carol King | Fri, 04/05/2013 - 06:31

American public radio network NPR reports that an Italian music teacher, Francesco Lotoro, has found and resurrected music composed by prisoners at camps…

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The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 3

by Philip Paris | Thu, 02/23/2012 - 04:39

Over the following paragraphs Scottish author Philip Paris brings us up to date with the story of the famous Italian chapel in Orkney, which was built by…

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The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 2

by Philip Paris | Wed, 02/15/2012 - 06:34

Scottish author Philip Paris continues the story of how the famous Italian chapel in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, came to be created during the…

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The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 1

by Philip Paris | Tue, 01/31/2012 - 09:37

Thursday 23rd February is the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, of around 1,200 Italian POWs. When they were moved…

Book of Nazi Conversations: “What a Joy to Kill Italians”

by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 04/05/2011 - 03:10

A shocking new book from two German historians includes appalling wartime dialogues that recount the atrocities committed by Nazi soldiers.“Soldiers, the…