Corropoli internment camp
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| Campo di internamento di Corropoli | |
|---|---|
Concentration camp | |
  Location of Campo di internamento di Corropoli within Italy | |
| Coordinates | 42°49′1″N 13°49′59″E / 42.81694°N 13.83306°E |
| Location | Corropoli |
| Operated by | Italy |
| Operational | 1941 |
| Inmates | Political and Civilian |
| Liberated by | 1944 |
Corropoli internment camp, in
fascist government following the entry of Italy into World War II
, to sit foreigners and anti-fascists. It operated from January 1941 to May 1944, with a maximum capacity of 150 people. Irredentist Slavic and Italian communists were interned and after September 8, 1943 it also served as a concentration camp for Jews.
History
In June 1940 the convent of the Fathers of Celestini Abbey (owned by the City of Corropoli, about a mile away from the village) was approved as a location for the camp. Between 1940 and 1943, the Commissioners of Public Safety: Guido Trevisani, Mario Maiello, John Santamaria, Carmine Medici, Francesco Alongi, Carmine Sanzo and Mario Gagliardi, administered the camp. The supervision was entrusted to the police and health matters to Dr. Gaetano D'Aristotle. The camp was not active immediately since the building required major renovations. During February 1941 the first inmates arrived. Before becoming an internment camp, the structure was identified as a
Ministry of the Interior
imposed the reopening of the camp, which housed inmates with various nationalities: Slavic, Greek, English, etc. reaching a capacity of 165 units.
As with a few other Italian camps, this one received complaints about the excessive freedom the inmates enjoyed. This meant among other things that in June 1943 the camp was enclosed with barbed wire.
After 8 September 1943 several inmates were freed by allied approach and its last inmates were transferred to other camps in northern Italy
.
See also
- Holocaust in Italy
References
- Capogreco, CS (2001). "Una storia rimossa dell'Italia fascista. L'internamento dei civili jugoslavi (1941-1943)". Studi Storici. 42 (1): 203–230. JSTOR 20567070.
- 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. hdl:2067/751.
- This article was initially translated from the Italian Wikipedia.