became a soldier in 1940. At the beginning of 1941, he arrived in Albania as a driver. On September 9th, 1943 he was captured by the Germans and transferred on a journey lasting days, by land and sea, to Stalag 398 near Linz to work at the Hermann-Göring-factory for the German war industry under terrible conditions of malnutrition and violence.

Photo: Private Collection Sergio Di Giusto; Excerpts from: Davide Zoratti (Ed.), Da Tirana a Linz, La testimonianza inedita di Igino Di Giusto, Internato Militare Italiano, Pasian di Prato 2020