Villa del seminario by Sacha NaspiniMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A very poignant book. A bit slow at first, but it drags you in, especially since it is based on a real concentration camp located in Maremma, in Southern Tuscany.
In fact, the part that probably struck me the most was the afterword, detailing how true to life the story actually was. And how Grosseto didn't even place any sort of plaque on the building until 2008. He goes on to say how in 2022 the mayor dedicated a new piazza to monsignor Paolo Galeazzi, who allowed the concentration camp to be placed in his seminary, and how the mayor was there for that, but then he skipped the Liberation Day festivities (and yes, he names the mayor, Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna).
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