Justice in sight for the Swiss convicted for helping the Resistance  

The Swiss parliament has taken steps to rehabilitate those convicted by Swiss courts for supporting the French and Italian Resistance during the Second World War. A recent publication sheds light on a little-known chapter of history: the partisan struggle in the Ossola Valley of northern Italy and the support provided by the population of the neighbouring Swiss canton of Ticino. By day, Silvio Baccalà worked as a gardener at the Hotel Brenscino in Brissago, a Swiss resort town on Lake Maggiore. By night...