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World War 2

Italian town is still saying ‘dankie’ to SA

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

A town high in the mountains between Florence and Bologna has not forgotten how South African soldiers saved its citizens from murderous Gestapo troops. First published in Business Day, 21 September 2017. South Africans get a special welcome in Castiglione dei Pepoli, a town high in the Apennine mountains half-way between Bologna and Florence. There

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