Also in Tuscany, operations aimed at recruiting manpower began shortly after the arrival of the occupiers. The German and Italian authorities moved on several fronts: first of all, an attempt was made to recruit voluntary workers through an intense propaganda campaign, which envisaged, on the one hand, the mobilisation of trade union organisations and, on the other, the use of posters, flyers, and advertisements in newspapers, as well as recreational events aimed at bringing workers and the unemployed closer together (see the section Local propaganda). Already in the autumn of 1943, however, there are reports of some roundups of civilians…
