Monte San Martino Trust

Research into the route taken by Eric Newby, author of Love and War in the Apennines, after his escape from Fontanellato PoW camp was presented at a MSMT webinar in May. A recording can be accessed through the link below.

Zoominar on Eric Newby

Annual lunch

The Trust’s annual lunch will be held in London on 10 November 2021

Recognition for PG59

The Italian Senate voted for the former PoW camp at Servigliano to be made a national monument, boosting restoration hopes.

Recognition for Servigliano

Bugle Call to Freedom

On 9 September the Trust published Bugle Call to Freedom, a translation of L’Orizzonte del Campo by Marco Minardi. This is the first account in English of the mass escape at Fontanellato from the perspectives of both the prisoners of war and the local population. Click below for details of how to buy the book.

Bugle Call to Freedom

Email Letitia Blake (Hon. Secretary), John Simkins (Administrator), Christine English (Trustee)

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