Place:

Gassino Torinese

Province:

Torino

Region:

Piemonte

Assistance provided:

Medical care, money, clothing

Prisoners helped:

Ernest Frith-Hamptishire Regiment, George Repper-Scots Guards, Pte. Geoffrey Roberts-Highland Light Infantry, Cpl. Walter Payne-Royal Armoured Corps, Gnr Oliver Sidney-Royal Artillery, Cpl. George Albert Drew-Royal Armoured Corps, John Grasby-East Yorkshire Regiment, Horace Martin-Royal Artillery, John Richardson-Royal Artillery, John Arnold.
Leggi la storia di George Albert Drew
Leggi la storia di John Grasby

Start date:

October 1943

Other helpers involved:

Raimondo Gilardi (detto Minola), Ezio Berardinone (Maggiore Medico presso Ospedale militare di Pinerolo), Giacomo Benedetto (addetto portuale), Renato Cigarini (Avvocato, Clnai),

Description:

Vezio, a dentist by profession, learns that a small group of escaped British prisoners from PG. 112/4 has settled near the hills of Gassino. He provides them with medical assistance, some money, and clothes, hosting them at his mother-in-law’s house in Castiglione Torinese.

Bibliography:

C. Claretta, A strange Alliance. L’«inattesa alleanza» della gente di Castiglione Torinese con 126 prigionieri di guerra inglesi del campo pg 112/4 di Gassino, prefazione di Carla Gatti, Città metropolitana di Torino, 2021-J. K. Dethick, As if he were my brother: Italians and escapers in Piedmont 1943-1945, published on demand, 2024,

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