報道要點
Sherwood Park居民Eric Hemming循父親保存的照片找到意大利Urbanetti家族。今年夏天,他親自感謝96歲的Norma:1943年,仍是少女的她與家人冒險藏匿逃出戰俘營的Norman Hemming約七個月。
背景與影響
Norman當時躲在羅馬以北農場地下洞穴,家人送來食物;1944年盟軍抵達後他離開,後來移居阿省,1995年去世。兩家後人通過網上照片及記者牽線重逢,並在洞穴立下紀念牌。報道以家族口述呈現跨國互助,沒有把個人故事擴大成所有戰俘的共同經歷。
來源:CTV News Edmonton 原報道。大魚新聞整理原創中文摘要;保留原網頁刊發日期。

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)



