20,000 ITALIAN CAPTIVES
STILL HELD IN RUSSIA 48,000 STILL MISSING MILAN, Sept. 2. An Italian workers’ delegation which recently, returned from Russia reports that Russia is at present holding 20,000 Italian prisoners. The figure caused anxiety throughout Italy as 68,000 are officially reported missing on the Russian front. The newspaper are asking whether nearly 48,000 died during the retreat last winter when only 17,000 were reported killed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 4 September 1945, Page 4
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6720,000 ITALIAN CAPTIVES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 4 September 1945, Page 4
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