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Prisoners of Jan Smuts

Karen Horn

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      Equally skilled in different trades than in the art of love, the Italian prisoners-of-war (POWs) who were incarcerated in South Africa during the Second World War are a source of great fascination to this day. The first Italian POWs arrived in the Union of South Africa in
      early 1941, most of them being held in Zonderwater Camp outside Cullinan or in work camps across the country. The government of Jan Smuts saw them as a source of cheap labour that would contribute to harvesting schemes, road-building projects such as the old Du Toit’s Kloof Pass between Paarl and Worcester and even to prickly-pear eradication schemes. Prisoners of Jan Smuts recounts the stories of survival and shenanigans of the Italian POWs in the Union through the eyes of five prisoners who had documented their experiences in memoirs and letters. While many POWs seemed to appreciate the
      opportunities to gain new skills, others clung to the Fascist ideas they had grown up with and refused to work. Many opted to remain in South Africa once the war had ended, forging quite a legacy. These included sculptors Edoardo Villa, who left an important mark in the local and international art world, and businessman Aurelio Gatti, who built an ice cream empire whose gelato was to delight generations of South Africans.

      CONTRIBUTORS: Karen Horn EAN: 9781776192847 COUNTRY: South Africa PAGES: 272 WEIGHT: HEIGHT:
      PUBLISHED BY: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: Military History/Non-Fiction/Local WIDTH: SPINE:

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      KAREN HORN is a historian and an author. Her first book, In Enemy Hands: South Africa’s POWs in WWII, was nominated for the Alan Paton Sunday Times non-fiction award in 2016. Horn is a research fellow at the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State. In her work, she investigates individuals’ experiences on the home front and the battlefront, looking for humanity in the fog of war. In her spare time, she observes her husband’s gastronomic skills and has long conversations with her two collies. She lives in Somerset.

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      Equally skilled in different trades than in the art of love, the Italian prisoners-of-war (POWs) who were incarcerated in South Africa during the Second World War are a source of great fascination to this day. The first Italian POWs arrived in the Union of South Africa in
      early 1941, most of them being held in Zonderwater Camp outside Cullinan or in work camps across the country. The government of Jan Smuts saw them as a source of cheap labour that would contribute to harvesting schemes, road-building projects such as the old Du Toit’s Kloof Pass between Paarl and Worcester and even to prickly-pear eradication schemes. Prisoners of Jan Smuts recounts the stories of survival and shenanigans of the Italian POWs in the Union through the eyes of five prisoners who had documented their experiences in memoirs and letters. While many POWs seemed to appreciate the
      opportunities to gain new skills, others clung to the Fascist ideas they had grown up with and refused to work. Many opted to remain in South Africa once the war had ended, forging quite a legacy. These included sculptors Edoardo Villa, who left an important mark in the local and international art world, and businessman Aurelio Gatti, who built an ice cream empire whose gelato was to delight generations of South Africans.

      CONTRIBUTORS: Karen Horn EAN: 9781776192847 COUNTRY: South Africa PAGES: 272 WEIGHT: HEIGHT:
      PUBLISHED BY: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: Military History/Non-Fiction/Local WIDTH: SPINE:

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      KAREN HORN is a historian and an author. Her first book, In Enemy Hands: South Africa’s POWs in WWII, was nominated for the Alan Paton Sunday Times non-fiction award in 2016. Horn is a research fellow at the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State. In her work, she investigates individuals’ experiences on the home front and the battlefront, looking for humanity in the fog of war. In her spare time, she observes her husband’s gastronomic skills and has long conversations with her two collies. She lives in Somerset.

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