Italian Soldier's Letter To Germani Camp Analysis
Italian soldier's letter from Nazi POW camp finally makes it home
The letter was sent in late 1943.
A letter written by an Italian soldier interred in a Nazi prisoner camp has finally arrived to his next on kin in Villorba, near Treviso Venice.
Italian officer, Feruccio Pasin was captured by axis forces in Lancenigo, near Villorba in late 1943, after Italy surrendered to the allies and declared war on Germany.
He was then transported to Lukenwalde military prisoner of war camp, 52 kilometers south of Berlin.From there, in late 1943 he sent a postcard home, reassuring his family he was still alive.
“Dear Father, begins the letter, I find myself well at the camp and hope you are doing well too.”
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Fortunately, a postman who knew the Pasin family who personally to deliver the letter to Mario Pasin – Feruccio's younger brother.
Feruccio had made it back from the war but died aged 66 in 1981 – and the arrival of the letter caused great excitement. Mario quickly passed the news on to the six of Feruccio's eight surviving children who rushed round to their uncle's house to see the letter.
For Feruccio's daughter Anna, seeing the letter brought back vivid memories of her father – who had been scarred forever by his experience in Lukenwald during the war.
“I was two when he came home from the war in September '45. When I saw him I ran to hide under the bed because I looked like a tramp, he had a beard and was wearing rags. His hands and feet were freezing. He was 1.8 meters but weighed 37 kilograms.”
Feruccio had fled Germany by grabbing on to the undercarriage of a train bound for Verona – from there he walked the 148 kilometers home to Villorba.
“Occasionally he would run down to the granary shouting 'they want to take me away!'” recalls
The letter was sent in late 1943.
A letter written by an Italian soldier interred in a Nazi prisoner camp has finally arrived to his next on kin in Villorba, near Treviso Venice.
Italian officer, Feruccio Pasin was captured by axis forces in Lancenigo, near Villorba in late 1943, after Italy surrendered to the allies and declared war on Germany.
He was then transported to Lukenwalde military prisoner of war camp, 52 kilometers south of Berlin.From there, in late 1943 he sent a postcard home, reassuring his family he was still alive.
“Dear Father, begins the letter, I find myself well at the camp and hope you are doing well too.”
“Let me know how things are back home. …show more content…
Fortunately, a postman who knew the Pasin family who personally to deliver the letter to Mario Pasin – Feruccio's younger brother.
Feruccio had made it back from the war but died aged 66 in 1981 – and the arrival of the letter caused great excitement. Mario quickly passed the news on to the six of Feruccio's eight surviving children who rushed round to their uncle's house to see the letter.
For Feruccio's daughter Anna, seeing the letter brought back vivid memories of her father – who had been scarred forever by his experience in Lukenwald during the war.
“I was two when he came home from the war in September '45. When I saw him I ran to hide under the bed because I looked like a tramp, he had a beard and was wearing rags. His hands and feet were freezing. He was 1.8 meters but weighed 37 kilograms.”
Feruccio had fled Germany by grabbing on to the undercarriage of a train bound for Verona – from there he walked the 148 kilometers home to Villorba.
“Occasionally he would run down to the granary shouting 'they want to take me away!'” recalls