Dear List, Can anyone describe to me how the war was fought in Lucania/Basilicata? What parts of the region were affected directly? When we were in Laurenzana a few years ago, with my ( six weeks') of Italian language study, I was able to converse with a gentleman there, but only to the extent of finding out that the Germans and the Americans had, indeed, been there. I would love to learn the entire story. Thank you, Sincerely, Mary McAuliffe Nigro

You may want to join the Basilicata list on YahooGroups - some knowledgeable people there. I'm currently reading a book about Tito in Potenza Province [in Italian, very slow going for me] that briefly mentions WWII and the various war memorials in the different towns. I'm also transcribing all the civil records for Tito, from 1809-1910, which will take me a very long time, but I've come across some Nigro records in the 1809-1815 film. Grace Lancieri Olivo, GraceOlivo@Comcast.Net Editor, Comunes of Italy Magazine, ComunesOfItaly@Comcast.Net http://www.ItalianAncestry.com/coi ----- Original Message ----- From: <Marat609@aol.com> To: <GEN-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:28 AM Subject: World War II in Lucania/Basilicata > Dear List, > Can anyone describe to me how the war was fought in Lucania/Basilicata? What > parts of the region were affected directly? When we were in Laurenzana a few > years ago, with my ( six weeks') of Italian language study, I was able to > converse with a gentleman there, but only to the extent of finding out that > the Germans and the Americans had, indeed, been there. I would love to learn > the entire story. > Thank you, > Sincerely, > Mary McAuliffe Nigro > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Mary Go to <www.google.com> and type in Lucania world war 11 and then try the other city and do the same. You might want to try <Amazon .com> and see if there is a book on the subject. Ciao Steve Marat609@aol.com wrote: > Dear List, > Can anyone describe to me how the war was fought in Lucania/Basilicata? What > parts of the region were affected directly? When we were in Laurenzana a few > years ago, with my ( six weeks') of Italian language study, I was able to > converse with a gentleman there, but only to the extent of finding out that > the Germans and the Americans had, indeed, been there. I would love to learn > the entire story. > Thank you, > Sincerely, > Mary McAuliffe Nigro