Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks by Giovanni Ruscitti

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/129333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks Author: Giovanni Ruscitti Narrator: Noah James Butler Format: mp3 Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 01-31-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Italy Publisher's Summary: On November 11, 1943, the Nazis invaded Cansano, forcing its two thousand inhabitants to make a tough decision—fight and be killed or sent to a POW camp, stay behind as servants to the Nazis, or move into the unforgiving mountains of Abruzzo while the Nazis used their village as a home base. Giovanni Ruscitti's family chose the latter and spent the next few months living in horrendous winter conditions in the rugged mountains. When the war ended, they returned to a village so ravaged by the Nazis that, today, the town has less than 200 citizens and remains in a dilapidated state.