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Title: Stefano Braccio photographs
Date (inclusive): 1940-1945
Collection Number: 2017C52
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Italian
Physical Description:
2 oversize boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Braccio, Stefano
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2017.
[Identification of item], Stefano Braccio photographs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Lieutenant, Italian army; member, 1 Battaglione Pontieri del Genio.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of correspondence to Stefano Braccio and two photo albums, containing 332 photographs in all, in good
condition and neatly captioned. The photographs provide a complete visual record of Braccio's unit's operation in the Ukraine,
from the crossing of the Soviet frontier in July 1941 to the end of Italian troops' participation on the Eastern Front in
February 1943, after the Axis forces' defeat at Stalingrad.
The collection covers the entire duration of Italian participation on the Eastern Front from the perspective of an engineer
combat battalion. It shows life in the Italian military and the soldiers' generally amicable interaction with the Ukrainian
population. Of special interest are photos of churches and other historical monuments, as well as wartime views of such cities
as Kiev (Kyiv), Kharkov (Kharkiv), Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro), and Voroshilovgrad (Luhansk), in addition to the many bridges
repaired or built by the Italian army.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works
Italy. Esercito. Battaglione Pontieri del Genio, 1