1942, Italy, at war fighting with the Germans, against the Allied forces. The Allies have vanquished the Germans in Sicily and have invaded the beaches of Sorrento, south of Naples. The city has been destroyed by the powerful eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Allied bombing raids.
A young Italian girl escapes being shot by the Germans when her Puglia village is invaded. Elena struggles alone across the barren foot of Italy to Naples, surviving rape attempts and attacks by feral street children. She finds temporary shelter in a cave outside Naples and tries to move on with her life.
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Elena
Caterna, Puglia. May 2004
German Invasion of Caterna 1942
Childhood in Mitorna
The Blackshirt Invasion of Mitorna 1932
Mitorna 1932-1942
Caterna 1942
The Escape 1942
The Lonely Trek from Puglia 1942-43
Journey to Naples 1943
Bombing of Naples 1940-1943
Allied Invasion of Italy Autumn 1943
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius March 1944
Life After the War and Volcanic Eruption 1944
War in the Air 1943-4
Rescue Summer 1944
Naples Winter 1944
The Reunion – Spring 1945
Sailing for Southampton – Summer 1945
England – Summer 1945
England – Winter and Spring 1945-6
England – 1946 -1955
Spring and Summer 1955
Sailing to Fremantle 1955