On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation as well as the 80th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred at Bosco delle Castagne (March 10, 1945) and Piazza dei Martiri (March 17, 1945) in Belluno, Anpi Belluno, Isbrec, and the Tina Merlin Cultural Association are organizing the presentation of the book by Toni Sirena, Si fa presto a dire spia

There is the paid informant, those who speak under torture, those who yield to threats or fear. Those who are parachuted behind enemy lines to carry out sabotage or gather information. Those who, once captured, to save their skin, choose to play a double game and sometimes a triple one. And there are also those who, accused of being a spy, are killed after the war ends to save others.

This book, blending history and narrative, reconstructs a true story that took place during the Resistance between 1944 and 1945 in the operational Zone of the Prealps, the Alpenvorland O.Z., which became a province of the Reich. The book sheds light on some unresolved issues: how the Gestapo was able to trace the leadership of the Resistance, arresting all members of the Cln of Bolzano and the regional Cln of Veneto; how the American agent Steve Hall was captured in Cortina and why he was later assassinated in Bolzano; who the mysterious and fascinating Isabel de Obligado really was and what role she played in the Belluno area; what the internal conflicts within the repressive apparatus of the SS were; for what real reason Cesare Caramalli, “Tell”, a partisan of the Garibaldi Brigade Calvi operating in Cadore, was killed by Americans in May 1945.