报道要点
Sherwood Park居民Eric Hemming循父亲保存的照片找到意大利Urbanetti家族。今年夏天,他亲自感谢96岁的Norma:1943年,仍是少女的她与家人冒险藏匿逃出战俘营的Norman Hemming约七个月。
背景与影响
Norman当时躲在罗马以北农场地下洞穴,家人送来食物;1944年盟军抵达后他离开,后来移居阿省,1995年去世。两家后人通过网上照片及记者牵线重逢,并在洞穴立下纪念牌。报道以家族口述呈现跨国互助,没有把个人故事扩大成所有战俘的共同经历。
来源:CTV News Edmonton 原报道。大鱼新闻整理原创中文摘要;保留原网页刊发日期。

Norman Hemming hid in this grotto on an Italian farmer's land after escaping a POW camp during the Second World War. (Supplied)

Norman Hemming is pictured. (Supplied)

An old photograph of Vito Urbanetti helped connect two families in Italy and Canada more than 80 years after he saved an Allied soldier's life. (Supplied)

Eric Hemming meets Norma, who was just a teenager when her family helped hide his father, Norman Hemming, on their land in German-occupied Italy toward the end of the Second World War. (Supplied)

Norman Hemming spent 7 months Inside this underground grotto hiding from German forces in occupied Italy. (Supplied)

The descendants of Vito Urbanetti, including his daughter Norma, can be seen with the stone they had made to honour Norman Hemming and the cave where hid from German forces during the Second World War. (Supplied)

A letter penned by Norman Hemming in 1944, detailing the care he received from Vito Urbanetti, the man who kept the soldier safe and fed for 7 months before Italy was liberated by Allied forces. (Supplied)



