Naples ’44

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Morolo

Morolo
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Background

Morolo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Rome and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Frosinone.

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In Naples ’44

One of the southern-Lazio villages where Lewis reports the wholesale rape of women by French colonial troops 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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