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| Title |
Saltamartini, Lido |
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| Family Name |
Saltamartini |
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| Given Name(s) |
Lido |
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| Full Biographical Data |
'A second lieutenant under General Barberis' command, he was captured by the British—specifically, a platoon of New Zealanders—after surviving the hellish Battle of Tobruk in January 1941. He was first transferred to Bangalore and, after a 2,500-kilometre journey, arrived on April 3, 1942, at a British prisoner-of-war camp nestled in the Indian Himalayas.' Translation from: I 10.000 prigionieri italiani sull'Himalaya che nessuno ricorda, ma un ufficiale si costruì di nascosto una macchina fotografica per documentare, by Chicco Magni.
In Yol, he stayed in camp 8 and 28.
He was released on the 28th of July 1948. |
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Un riminese prigioniero a Yol
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Saltamartini Lido_document_1
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| POW Number |
24032 |
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| Country Of Birth |
Italy |
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| Place Of Birth |
Ancona
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| Journey |
Italy
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Bangalore
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Yol
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Italy
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| Related Person(s) |
Saltamartini, Olga
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| Country Of Death |
Italy |
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| Place Of Death |
Ancona
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| Bibliographic Citation |
Prisoners of War Information Bureau, "Alphabetical list of Italian Prisoners in India on 24th March 1942", vol.II. British Library. IOR/L/MIL/5/1070 Italian POWs surnames J - Z |
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<p>Saltamartini, Lido.<em>10.000 prigionieri in Himalaya,1941-1947 - Tesori, orsi, idee, fughe.</em> Ancona: Humana, 1997</p> |
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| Indian guard |
| Indian person in the camp |
| Our dream |
| The camp under the snow |
| The double gate |
