Winkie Williamson

palacestories.bsky.social

11 October 2026 08:12

#OTD 10 Oct 1943. Laubach Germany. Secret anti-fascist Friedrich Kellner visits World War I graves in Bad Nauheim. He quotes from Schiller, 'When the Moor has done his part, he is simply forgotten'. Kellner, 'My Opposition' p 284

Winkie Williamson

palacestories.bsky.social

11 October 2026 08:11

#OTD 10 Oct 1943 #WW2 Naples. Massimo Salvadori is now in Naples. He passes by the prison where he was held after his arrest in 1931 - and where the conditions had been terrible. Now, he is heartened to hear of people's insurrections in the Four Days of Naples. p. 169, tinyurl.com/yc4nvxya

Winkie Williamson

palacestories.bsky.social

10 October 2026 07:30

#1943 October #WW2, Rome. Edda Ciano, [daughter of Mussolini, wife of Count Ciano] has returned to Rome. She retrieves Ciano's papers which includes the detailed diary that is her husband's bargaining chip for 'protection'. ['Ciano Diaries' tinyurl.com/j75v2c6b] C.Moorehead 'Edda' p.281

Winkie Williamson

palacestories.bsky.social

10 October 2026 07:30

#OTD 10 Oct 1943, #WW2 Naples. British Intelligence Officer, Norman Lewis comments that the Allies are engaged in looting. Officers of the King's Dragoon Guards have removed paintings and china, while the OSS has 'cleaned out Achille Lauro's sumptuous house'. Lewis, 'Naples '44' p.31

Winkie Williamson

palacestories.bsky.social

10 October 2026 07:30

#OTD 10 Oct '43, #WW2 Naples. Norman Lewis is working from a palazzo on Riviera de Chiaia. The locals assume it's the HQ for the British Secret Police and offer their services as unpaid informants. 'Prepared to work for the pure and unalloyed devotion to the Allied cause.' Lewis, Naples '44. p 30