Story: Italians

New Zealand officers in Trieste

New Zealand officers in Trieste

New Zealand and Italy were enemies at the start of the Second World War, as Italy supported Germany. However, a closer bond was formed when Italians helped New Zealand soldiers. The officers pictured were guests at a dance in Trieste, Italy, in 1945. Some New Zealanders eventually married Italian women and came back with them to live in New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, War History Collection (DA-01514)
Reference: F-3304-35mm-DA
Photograph by George Kaye

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Tessa Copland, 'Italians - 1940s–present day', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/452/new-zealand-officers-in-trieste (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Tessa Copland, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015