Le foto dell'Imperial War Museum

Ho trovato questa fantastica collezione fotografica dell'Imperial War Museum. Sono quasi commossa.
Si tratta di foto veramente fantastiche, sia dal punto di vista della tematica che da quello artistico.

A general view of men eating in the refectory at the N.144 Italian workers camp near London. According to the original caption "at the camp there is a single refectory in which the 2000 collaborators eat in two relays. Here they eat their breakfast in the morning, before going to work, and the evening meal. At midday the workers squadrons take the uncooked food with them and prepare it at the place of work". LINK

Italian Prisoners of War sit at a table at an outpost of the N.144 workers camp near London. According to the original caption, the outposts allow 70 men to live nearer to their place of work. "The outposts are miniature camps, with refectories, dormitories, canteen and kitchen as in the bigger camps". Left to right, the men are: Michele Spano, the cook; E Ciardullo; A Tramontana; A D'Alessandro; and Sergeant Marino, the chief of the outpost. A game of draughts is set up on the table. LINK

Luigi Zaccani and camp chief Vezio Deon Cardin inspect the "radiophonic plant" at the N.144 Italian workers camp near London. According to the original caption, this plant it connected to a "system of amplifiers scattered about everywhere, in the canteen, in the refectory, in the common rooms etc.". It is Zaccani's job within the camp to look after the plant. LINK

Camp chaplain, Padre Vincenzo Bazzoli, stands in front of the altar at the N.144 Italian workers camp, near London. According to the original caption, the altar was made by the prisoners themselves. LINK

Italian Prisoners of War stand beside their beds in the large warehouse-like dormitory at the N.144 workers camp near London. According to the original caption "the camp is sub-divided into 5 large dormitories in which are found 2-tiered bunks. These dormitories have central heating. Every bunk is further provided with a mattress and 4 blankets in the winter (in the summer they have only 3)". LINK

From a BBC studio, Italian Prisoners of War Maestro Aldo Morbio and Guido Leoni take part in the weekly broadcast 'The Camp Journal' reflecting life at the N.144 workers camp near London. One of the men is playing the accordion. Two women and several other men can also be seen seated around the table, in the centre of which is the large BBC microphone. LINK

Camp doctor Lieutenant Dr Salvatore Cirillo reads as he sits in a chair beside his bed at the N.144 workers camp near London. Beside him, on a small side table, is a model of an aircraft. LINK

Bakers shape loaves of bread in the bakery of the N.144 Italian workers camp near London. The men are Bacchisio Bellu, Salvatore Mura, Mario Raimondis, Rosario Di Stefano and Antonio Annicchiarico. LINK