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Via Forcella

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In Naples ’44

The street through the Forcella market, recurring with the wire-theft case and the open trade in stolen Allied goods.

Appears in 3 diary entries.

January 1 1944
A tedious, unproductive investigation into telephone-wire theft, which the Army wrongly treats as sabotage rather than opportunistic copper theft.
- Black market
- Bureaucracy & absurdity
May 9 1944
The black market's scale and brazenness are staggering — stolen Allied goods are openly, even elegantly, advertised for sale near the courts trying petty thieves.
- Black market
June 7 1944
Lattarullo's improvised income as a professional "mourning relative" at funerals picks up again with the fall of Rome, complete with a rented car and driver.
- Naples's character

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