How were the woods on the La Foce estate used during the war as noted in the nonfiction book, War in Val D'Orcia, 1943-1944?

The forests and small-holdings on the La Foce estate became a place of refuge for those fleeing the war and for partisans fighting the war as guerillas (as opposed to organized, drafted soldiers). The Marchesa's diary entries recount several instances in which she and her husband held secret meetings with their allies in both the woods and the farms, and other instances in which the people hiding there had close encounters with Fascists and Nazis determined to capture, imprison, and/or execute them.