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Reflecting on the Holocaust’s impact in Rome | Travel

Posted on October 17, 2024February 22, 2025 by Jake Wynn

In December 2023, travels in Italy brought us to Rome's Jewish neighborhood.

Posted in Travel, World War IITagged Holocaust, Italy, Jewish, Jewish History, Reflection, Rome, Second World War, Travel, World War 2, World War IILeave a comment

Wiconisco soldier wounded in Italy, visits Rome | June 1944

Posted on June 25, 2024February 22, 2025 by Jake Wynn

Corporal Nicholas Leshko visited Rome after being wounded in the fighting to take the city in 1944.

Posted in Wiconisco, World War IITagged 1944, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Italy, July, June, Lykens Standard, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Rome, Second World War, Wiconisco, Wiconisco Township, World War 2, World War IILeave a comment

A Schuylkill County soldier and the liberation of Rome | June 1944

Posted on June 4, 2024February 22, 2025 by Jake Wynn

Corporal David W. Rowlands wrote home to Pennsylvania in June 1944 to describe his experiences in Rome after its fall to the Allied powers during World War II.

Posted in Schuylkill County, World War IITagged Branchdale, Italy, Pennsylvania, Rome, Schuylkill County, Second World War, United States Army, World War 2, World War II, WW2Leave a comment

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