Hi Geoff, Better late than never as they say. Last October I visited PG62 Bergamo with my son and a friend in October 2009 as I am following my own father’s escape into Switzerland. Through a very good friend I have made in Darfo we located PG62 and also PG62/PG56 which is not stated in any references that I could find. This he found for us on the very last morning of our stay to which we were are eternally grateful to him and a twelve year old boy (see below) as we could not speak Italian Here is a link to an article that my friend found plus also a link to the also a newspaper article written about PG62. http://www.gramscibergamo.it/index2.htmlhttp://www.eco.bg.it/EcoOnLine/CRONACA/2008/04/25_25_aprile.shtml I also have a copy of another article written about the camp that my friend also found which I have made a rough translation and pictures of following our visit to the camp. Its exact location Grumello Plan as there is another Grumello which caused problems on the sat nav, however the best way marker to me is a road island at Lallio which is adjacent to a cemetery car park. Opposite the car park is a garden/park which has in it a memorial to the prisoners of war that were detained in the camp including Italians who were also held there by the Nazi invaders and has the camp with its distinctive chimney behind it. You will have to excuse me as I am not used to such methods of communication and if you can contact me I can let you have the pictures to use as way markers. In closing our trip was very successful following the efforts of my friend which involved me finding the family who helped my father on his initial escape, plus also a young lad on the very last morning who was of twelve years of age in September 1943 and had contact with the prisoners. Someone must have been guiding us on our visit and thanks for the links your enquiry has generated as I need to further help on my fathers escape route into Switzerland in particular the partisans. The generosity shown to us by the people we met will never be forgot, plus the very brave Italian people who helped all the escapers.
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Hi Geoff, Better late than never as they say. Last October I visited PG62 Bergamo with my son and a friend in October 2009 as I am following my own father’s escape into Switzerland. Through a very good friend I have made in Darfo we located PG62 and also PG62/PG56 which is not stated in any references that I could find. This he found for us on the very last morning of our stay to which we were are eternally grateful to him and a twelve year old boy (see below) as we could not speak Italian Here is a link to an article that my friend found plus also a link to the also a newspaper article written about PG62. http://www.gramscibergamo.it/index2.html http://www.eco.bg.it/EcoOnLine/CRONACA/2008/04/25_25_aprile.shtml I also have a copy of another article written about the camp that my friend also found which I have made a rough translation and pictures of following our visit to the camp. Its exact location Grumello Plan as there is another Grumello which caused problems on the sat nav, however the best way marker to me is a road island at Lallio which is adjacent to a cemetery car park. Opposite the car park is a garden/park which has in it a memorial to the prisoners of war that were detained in the camp including Italians who were also held there by the Nazi invaders and has the camp with its distinctive chimney behind it. You will have to excuse me as I am not used to such methods of communication and if you can contact me I can let you have the pictures to use as way markers. In closing our trip was very successful following the efforts of my friend which involved me finding the family who helped my father on his initial escape, plus also a young lad on the very last morning who was of twelve years of age in September 1943 and had contact with the prisoners. Someone must have been guiding us on our visit and thanks for the links your enquiry has generated as I need to further help on my fathers escape route into Switzerland in particular the partisans. The generosity shown to us by the people we met will never be forgot, plus the very brave Italian people who helped all the escapers.