Starting from 8 September and for an entire week, the German troops withdrew from Sardinia with the mechanised units of the 90th Panzergrenadier Division, as agreed with General Antonio Basso, for a trouble-free evacuation from the island. There were therefore none of the many tragic episodes that bloodied the Italian mainland for over a year and a half, and nor were any people abducted from Sardinia to be sent to the KL (if political deportees), to Auschwitz (if Jews), to Stalag and Oflag (if military), or to the system controlled by the GBA Fritz Sauckel (if forced workers). This does…
