Keeping the memory of the trails to freedom alive

Trails to Freedom is the story of a solo hike across the Alps that brings to life the history of the Anzac POWs who escaped Fascist Italy to find safety in neutral Switzerland during WWII. In October 1943, four Australian soldiers left Biella in the foothills of the Alps in northern Turin, fleeing Italy's Nazi-Fascist regime. With the help of local partisans the soldiers crossed into neutral Switzerland. They were four of more than 500 Anzac POWs who followed the sentieri della libertá, the trails to freedom. Decades later, author Simon Tancred embarks on a modern-day pilgrimage along the same route. We’ve asked him some questions about his book.

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