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Questura (Naples police HQ)

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In Naples ’44

Naples police headquarters, where Lewis liaises with the Italian police — on denunciation cases and the messy business of wartime romances.

Appears in 3 diary entries.

October 6 1943
Arriving in a ruined, waterless Naples, the section settles into a grand requisitioned palazzo on the Riviera di Chiaia.
- War & violence
- Naples's character
October 28 1943
Asked to interpret between an Italian woman and her English-speaking-impaired British officer lover, Lewis observes how bread and supplies shape wartime romance.
- Poverty & hunger
- Sex & relationships
December 20 1943
Investigating a wartime denunciation case, Lewis interviews an informer with a criminal record about his role in betraying escaped Indian soldiers to the Germans.
- War & violence
- Crime & banditry

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