Roberto Cicerone

 Helpers Roberto Cicerone Major Peter Hewitt, of the Allied Screening Commission, described Roberto Cicerone as “the greatest helper of Allied prisoners in the Sulmona area”. At the time of the events, Roberto was a middle-aged man, a farmer, father of three...

Oreste Ferrari

 Helpers Oreste Ferrari Husband to Ines and a car salesman by trade, Orested began his activity as a helper right after the Armistice of 8 September 1943: «Main helper in his district for organisation and assisted in food, lodging for hundreds of prisoners of...

Modesto Damiani

 Helpers Modesto Damiani Modesto, residing in Lucignana, personally commited himself to help Allied prisoners who arrived during those months in the small Tuscan village, many of whom had come from PG 49 in Fontanellato. Seven soldiers decided to stay with him...

Michele Del Greco

 Helpers Michele Del Greco Michele was a shepherd from Anversa degli Abruzzi. He was 47 and had a large family. Since the first days after the Armistice, he aided escaped PoWs in the nearby mountains, bringing them food and clothes and, sometimes, sheltering...

Luigi Palmoni

 Helpers Luigi Palmoni After September 8, 1943, American soldier Luther Shields, who escaped from POW Camp 59 in Servigliano, took refuge in the surrounding area, hiding in the vegetation and moving under the cover of darkness: “We never knew if an...