Significance of Italian prison

Josef is sent to prison in Italy after he is captured by the Allies late in the war. It is an important place for his healing. He meets another prisoner who cautions him to let go of his ghosts, release them one by one when they visit him in his dreams: his mother, Zlee, the young men he remembers killing for the war... through his time in Italy and his conversations with the old man, he is better able to transition from the war back into the rest of his life.