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World Service,10 Jun 2011,10 mins

Italian internees

Witness History

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When Italy joined World War II in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned. Joe Pieri was just 21 years old and living in Glasgow when he was arrested and sent to a prison camp in Canada. Photo: Joe Pieri today.

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