Naples ’44

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Santa Lucia (Naples)

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In Naples ’44

The old waterfront district, seen at its most desperate (people scavenging limpets and offal) and its most devastated, when Lewis walks through the aftermath of a bombing raid among dead children and grieving families.

Appears in 5 diary entries.

  1. October 9 1943
    Desperate Neapolitans scavenge limpets and offal for food, reflecting the extremity of the city's hunger.
  2. February 28 1944
    The arrival of spring in Naples is marked by seasonal foods, street cries, and a burst of communal spring-cleaning and song.
  3. March 15 1944
    After a bombing raid, Lewis witnesses the devastating aftermath among civilians in Santa Lucia, including dead children and grieving families.
  4. October 8 1944
    Mob violence breaks out against local girls seen with Allied soldiers, and the section is controversially ordered to intervene with sub-machine guns.
  5. October 20 1944
    Official policy strongly discourages marriages between soldiers and Italian civilians, citing poor historical outcomes for such wartime unions.

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