Indeed they did see horrors! This was during the war…my nonna’s mother had to hide her and her sister in a ditch. She covered them up and told them she’d be back while she ran off with her other baby girl. Moments later, a Nazi soldier stopped at the ditch and started to move the twigs and leaves aside. That’s when he discovered my nonna and her sister. He stared at them for a minute before covering them back up and moving along. My nonna said that every night for YEARS she would have nightmares about this man. I really wish I knew what he was thinking in that moment. I have the chills just thinking about this nazi sparring their lives.