A gift from the enemy : childhood memories in wartime Italy / Eric Lamet ; with a foreword by Risa Sodi.

Escape from Vienna -- Poland--my extended family -- Milan -- Settling down -- Paris -- Nice -- San Remo -- Mother goes to the hospital -- Our new home on the hill -- Internment -- Getting settled -- Religion in our lives -- Moving to our apartment -- New internees arrive -- Our first winter -- Pietro Russo and Ettore Costa -- A letter from Omama -- Keeping myself occupied -- A new suit -- Don Antonio -- Pietro Russo is freed -- Tragedies and grief -- Lello is born -- Pierce's betrayal -- The German occupation -- Montevergine -- The battle for Salerno -- Normalizing our lives -- Life in America.