Alfonso Iafrate

Alfonso, a farmer, supported his large family (four under-age sons and his wife Rosa). He received a reimbursement of 11,000 lire from the Allied Screening Commission for the assistance he provided to Allied prisoners of war, about which he declares:

I assisted them not for money, but out of the deep affection I have always felt for those who saved our homeland. The 11,000 lire you sent me were very necessary because I am a small-scale farmer […]

Alfonso told the Allied authorities that he had been forced to sell a pig for 1,800 lire in order to feed the prisoners he cared for (three British and one American). Later, he did the same with a cow, from which he earned 6,200 lire.

In addition, in February 1944, German soldiers stole from his stable a donkey that was essential for his work as a farmer.

In the immediate postwar period, his economic situation appeared quite difficult. He wished to buy a new cow but did not have the money to do so. He therefore asked the Commission for additional assistance, also expressing interest in the possibility of emigrating to the United States in search of a better future.