LUNA_FOOD

LUNA_FOOD OP t1_ixa201s wrote

Reply to comment by Bjorn_Hellgate in My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps. by LUNA_FOOD

At that point of the war nothing would have changed, probably more allied would have died since the German would have had completely took over the defense of Italy prior to Operation Husky. Doesn’t matter which government takes hold in Italy we can always count on the incompetence of our leaders haha

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LUNA_FOOD OP t1_ix930vb wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps. by LUNA_FOOD

At that time was either the army or being outlaw, and he had a big family on his shoulders, I think very few of us today would have the balls to go against the status quo and sacrifice everything, besides you can’t reasonably think that every single Italian in the army at that time was a monster. Considering the consequences. Btw they weren’t Jews, when Mussolini was arrested and the Germans took over anyone who would refuse to fight for the German cause was sent to concentration camps.

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LUNA_FOOD OP t1_ix88tfl wrote

Reply to comment by thebarkbarkwoof in My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps. by LUNA_FOOD

That was his sister and her family he wasn’t there when it happened, but don’t worry my other grandpa was notorious for finding every best excuse to skip the war, and he did, I’m not brave at all, I guess I got his blood, but he loved me very much and took great care of me until he was alive, this one in the picture from my mother side I never met, but he was said to be an immense person, crazy strict, and industrious

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LUNA_FOOD OP t1_ix7qck4 wrote

Reply to comment by imameanone in My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps. by LUNA_FOOD

We are always conflicted having this at home but its a piece of history of our family and not memorabilia

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