In the fifth part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana described the sanitation at Siggiewi, the lack of medicine and doctors, Mussolini's death, the prisoners of war incarcerated in Malta and his demobilisation from the army.
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In the second part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana started explaining how refugees (including his family) had been welcomed in Siggiewi. He had to get accustomed to the new conditions in a rural setting, far from home. He talked about the pre-… Read more
In the first part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana started by going on a long monologue. He talked about the pre-war political situation by mentioning Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, the Italian conquest of Abyssinia and… Read more
In the first part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana explained how he was conscripted into the army in the summer of 1941. He described the drills practiced, the duties gunners had to attend to on the anti-aircraft guns, the bombardments and… Read more
Vincent Caruana and his family had left Senglea for the safety of Siggiewi in June 1940 when the first Italian air raids had been carried out. He described the evacuation process and resettlement in a new village in the countryside with emotion and… Read more
Part of the last will and testament of Angelica []. First folios missing. She leaves money for masses to be sung in suffrage of her soul and remission of her sins and to individuals and institutions. Mention is made of land called Ta Hasfura at Casal Chibir etc.
Thomas Cutajar from Siggiewi, and servant of the same village's captain, accuses Martinus Imbrol from Siggiewi. Cutajar had approached Imbrol at the tavern of Mario Mallia in Siggiewi and told him to go deposit the money owed with the village Captain or… Read more
Michel’Angelo Saliba (N. 287) esercitò la professione dal 1745-1796 a Siggiewi e Cospicua. Giovanni Ignazio Balzan (N.) esercitò la professione dal 1753 al 1774 a Siggiewi. Francesco Caruana (N.) esercitò la professione dal 1772 al 1799 a Siggiewi.… Read more