Naples ’44

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In Naples ’44

A village near Aversa ruled ‘with a rod of iron’ by the corrupt Marshal Benvenuto, a recurring name in unit complaints; Lewis also goes there to hear the partisan leader Albano’s account of an SS reprisal massacre that has left the whole village in mourning.

Appears in 2 diary entries.

  1. December 18 1943
    Lewis describes how gullible unit commanders and their local interpreters get dragged into baseless denunciations and village feuds, including against a corrupt police marshal.
  2. 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.

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