Hunger, Cold and Diseases: The Material Conditions of Captivity
摘要
The daily life of the Allied prisoners in the Italian camps was, first and foremost, a general and collective denial of many of the stereotypes and clichés that both the prisoners and their captors held about each other. The first of these concerned Italy and the idea that it was a land of sunshine and harvests, hospitable people and a pleasant climate. Ken De Souza was captured in Libya and describes the moment he was taken to the first North African transit camp as follows: