When the Tigers broke free

70 years ago Erich Fletecher Waters, lieutenant of the British Fusiliers , died on the coast of Latium , Aprilia , in one of the most dramatic events in modern history : the landing at Anzio . In his early thirties left his wife and two sons. Roger is the smallest , 5 months old . A few years later merge one of the most important rock bands in the world. A part of the lyrics of Pink Floyd and Waters' solo revolve around this painful event . Listen again The Wall and The Final Cut . Roger Waters has never stopped looking for her father , she knew she had died between Aprilia and Anzio , in that wretched act of war that would have left many young people without life. With the help of nonagenarian veteran Harry Shindler tracking, thanks to cards war era, the exact place where his father died , Roger Waters can finally put an end to your search . On February 18, inaugurated in Aprilia , near Rome, within the institution upper Carlo and Nello Rosselli , a monument in honor of his father and of all deaths in that damned February 18, 1944. This photo were taken during the press conference.

Massimo Valicchia was born in 1975 in Rome. After the degree in Licterature on University of Rome â??La Sapienzaâ??, he study Photography. His reportages are focused most of all on social-political issues with a view to the whole world and his attention is directed on human stories.