| In the fall, the entire group of 200 was
taken from Albania to Italy by ship. The Italian
soldiers were on top of the ship and flew the Red Cross
flag in order to travel safely. However, the
prisoners were kept in the hold. One night, the
prisoners were quickly escorted to the beautiful dining
room and sat down to a sumptuous dinner (they didn’t
question why, they just began eating). It turns out
that the Red Cross was on board and came through to see
the prisoners being treated like royalty, but the minute
the Red Cross left, the food was taken away
mid-bite. (The Red Cross would also come through
the camps, but the captors wouldn’t show them
anything.) They arrived on October 27, 1941 at a
concentration camp called Ferramonti. |
