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Peter Ghiringhelli’s turbulent childhood as the son of Italian Fascist parents born in Leeds in 1930 saw him deported from England to Italy in 1940.

There he witnessed first hand what life was like in a totalitarian state, and his vivid memories of cold and hunger, his own role in Fascist rallies as a member of the black-shirted Balilla, and the fall of Mussolini are a living link to the past.

Published for the first time, his memories of childhood in this part of war-torn Europe are a fascinating insight into life under terrible oppression, first by the Fascist party and later by the invading German army, who selected random Italian civilians for execution for every German soldier killed in the violent partisan fighting.

Although his experiences were typical of any young boy living in Mussolini’s Italy, Peter Ghiringhelli’s incredible recall and vivid memories serve as a unique testament to an extraordinary period of history.

His story is one of a daily tug of war between life and death, hunger and survival, desolation and victory.

He later joined the British Army and served with the Royal Artillery in Germany and East Asia until 1953. He then worked for the Immigration Service at Folkestone and Heathrow, retiring in 1987.

A British Boy in Fascist Italy by Peter Ghiringhelli is a 2010 first edition published by The History Press, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK.

It is a near-new 192-page 15.5x23cm soft cover with and interesting section of photographs. There is a small scull on the back edge of the spine at the bottom.

There is a very interesting hand-written note fixed to page 2 written from Nice, Italy, in November 2010.

The book was sent as a present, and the author is a blogger friend of the note writer.

Interesting…

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