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Italian POWs and a Texas Church: The Murals of St. Mary's

Donald Mace Williams

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Description:While the tragedy of World War II played itself out in the cities and across the countrysides of Europe, a different drama took place in the Texas Panhandle, where three thousand Italian prisoners of war were interned in a camp at Hereford. In the last year of the war, the prisoners suffered a siege of hunger dictated by government-ordered cutbacks in rations. Only a handful of prisoners found a way to supplement their meager meals. Franco Di Bello, an Italian officer who spoke English, and a small band of fellow artists agreed to decorate St. Marys Church in the nearby town of Umbarger. There, amid the small farms and the hard-working German immigrants who had settled the area, the Italian POWs painted murals and carved figures reminiscent of the Renaissance. The good people of St. Marys provided the artistic Italians with a hearty meal each noonfeeding their thin bodies with an abundance of home-cooking and nourishing their souls with simple respect and friendship. This compassionate story of courage and kindliness is as enduring as the art work that still graces the walls of a modest Catholic church in a Panhandle town.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Italian POWs and a Texas Church: The Murals of St. Mary's. To get started finding Italian POWs and a Texas Church: The Murals of St. Mary's, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 168

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press

Release: 2008

ISBN: 1281093262

Description: While the tragedy of World War II played itself out in the cities and across the countrysides of Europe, a different drama took place in the Texas Panhandle, where three thousand Italian prisoners of war were interned in a camp at Hereford. In the last year of the war, the prisoners suffered a siege of hunger dictated by government-ordered cutbacks in rations. Only a handful of prisoners found a way to supplement their meager meals. Franco Di Bello, an Italian officer who spoke English, and a small band of fellow artists agreed to decorate St. Marys Church in the nearby town of Umbarger. There, amid the small farms and the hard-working German immigrants who had settled the area, the Italian POWs painted murals and carved figures reminiscent of the Renaissance. The good people of St. Marys provided the artistic Italians with a hearty meal each noonfeeding their thin bodies with an abundance of home-cooking and nourishing their souls with simple respect and friendship. This compassionate story of courage and kindliness is as enduring as the art work that still graces the walls of a modest Catholic church in a Panhandle town.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Italian POWs and a Texas Church: The Murals of St. Mary's. To get started finding Italian POWs and a Texas Church: The Murals of St. Mary's, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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