Naples ’44

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Castro dei Volsci

Castro dei Volsci
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Background

Castro dei Volsci is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Rome and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of Frosinone. It takes its name from the Latin word Castrum and the Volsci, who lived here in ancient times.

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In Naples ’44

A southern-Lazio town where, Lewis records, doctors treated three hundred victims of rape after French colonial troops passed through in May 1944.

Appears in 1 diary entry.

  1. May 28 1944
    A grim account of widespread, brutal mass sexual violence against civilians committed by French colonial troops advancing through nearby towns.

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