There was little to eat in the port city, apart from root vegetables and sweet potatoes, and people were starving in the streets. Fred gave me money for food but there was little to buy. The Germans and Italians took the best of everything to feed themselves and their own. The streets were full of destitutes, who had no money or coupons, no papers and no means of existence. They lay, literally dying, their eyes closed against the tide of humanity passing them by.
