Fossoli di Carpi
| Campo di Fossoli | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
 | |
  Location of Campo di Fossoli within Italy | |
| Coordinates | 44°49′N 10°53′E / 44.817°N 10.883°ECoordinates: 44°49′N 10°53′E / 44.817°N 10.883°E |
| Location | Carpi, Italy |
| Operational | 1942 |
| Notable inmates | Primo Levi |
| Notable books | The Periodic Table |
Campo di Fossoli was a deportation camp in Italy during World War II, located in the village Fossoli, Carpi, Emilia-Romagna. It began as a prisoner of war camp, later being a Jewish concentration camp, then a police and transit camp, and finally a labour collection centre for Germany. 2844 Jews passed through this camp, 2802 having been then deported.
History
May 1942 - 8 September 1943: Prisoner of War camp (PG 73)
Established by the Royal Italian Army for the British, South African and New Zealand military personnel captured in military operations in North Africa.
5 December 1943 - 15 March 1944: Jewish concentration camp for the Italian Social Republic
In accordance with the dictates of the Charter of Verona and the Order of Police n. 5, the camp started its internment of Jews. After January 1944 political opponents of the fascist government also began to be interned. It was during this period that the first two trains left for Auschwitz (on 19 and 22 February 1944). The second convoy left with 650 other prisoners (which Primo Levi recalls in the first pages of the famous book If This is a Man).
Notable Inmates
- Roberto Angeli
- Nedo Fiano
- Mario Finzi
- Odoardo Focherini
- Primo Levi
- Liana Millu
- Teresio Olivelli
- Raimondo Ricci
- Francesco Venturelli
- Ricardo diLuca
- Armando Vezzelli
- Jerzi Sas Kulczycki
- Carlo Bianchi
- Leopoldo Gasparotto
Gallery
Camp today
Barracks
English POW camp
Camp's plan
See also
References
- Sacchi, Danilo (2002). Fossoli: transito per Auschwitz : quella casa davanti al campo di concentrament. Firenze: Giuntina. ISBN 88-8057-138-9.
- Lallo, Angelo.; Toresini, Lorenzo. (2001). Psichiatria e nazismo : la deportazione ebraica dagli ospedali psichiatrici di Venezia nell'ottobre 194. Portogruaro (Venezia): Nuova dimensione. ISBN 88-85318-60-6.
- Castelli, Enrico (2005). Musei territori percorsi. Morlacchi Editore. p. 408.
- Sanfilippo, Matteo (2006). "Per una storia dei profughi stranieri e dei campi di accoglienza e di reclusione nell'Italia del secondo dopoguerra". Centro Studi Emigrazione. 164: 535–566.
- Steinacher, Gerald (2006). "L'Alto Adige come regione di transito dei rifugiati (1945-1950)". Centro Studi Emigrazione. 43 (164).
- This article was initially translated from the Italian Wikipedia.
External links
Media related to Fossoli concentration camp at Wikimedia Commons