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Prisoners of War in Italy
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Prisoners of War in Italy
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New names are not being added to this site at present.
However, a completely new website is under preparation that will include all these names and the documents linked to them.
On the new site it will be much easier to add names, documents and photos,
and it will be very easy to search for names, places and other information.
More information will be posted here in due course, and on our Facebook group pages.
Scroll down for a clickable list of camps (below the map)
This website is about allied Prisoners of War in Italy.
For allied prisoners of Germany go to: https://stalags.weebly.com/
(for Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf go to: www.lamsdorf.com)
For allied prisoners in the Far East go to: www.powsfareast.weebly.com
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Scroll down for a clickable list of camps (below the map)
Below: map of POW routes from N.Africa to Italy and Greece, including some POW camp locations
(With thanks to NZETC digitised Official History of New Zealand in the Second War)
(With thanks to NZETC digitised Official History of New Zealand in the Second War)
LIST OF CAMPS IN ITALY
Please click on the name of a camp to see if there is any information about it. This website is
new and information is still being compiled, so please re-visit us again if you do not find what you are looking for. We hope that this list is complete and accurate, but there may be errors of course. If you know of any mistakes or have any additional information, please let us know.
Names of POWs that have been sent to this website are listed under the appropriate Camp.
P. G. = Prigione di Guerra (Prison of War),
P.G. unknown This is a list of POWs who were held in Italy but the exact camp at which they were held is not known.
P.G. 5 Gavi-Serravalle Scrivia Piedmont.
P.G. 10 Acquapendente Viterbo
P.G. 12 Vincigliata
P.G. 17 Rezzanello Near Piacenza
P.G. 19 Bologna
P.G. 21 Chieti
P.G. 23 Vestone near Brescia
P.G. 26 Cortemaggiore Piacenza
P.G. 27 San Romano Pisa
P.G. 29 Veano Piacenza
P.G. 32 Bogliaco Garda lake near Salò, Brescia
P.G. 35 Certosa di Padula Monastery, near Salerno
P.G. 38 Poppi ex-convent near Arezzo
P.G. 41 Montalbo
P.G. 43 Garessio Cuneo
P.G. 47 Modena Officers, mainly from New Zealand
P.G. 49 Fontanellato Orphanage near Parma. After the armistice
600 men marched out with the connivance of the Italian guards an hour before the
Germans arrived.
P.G. 50 Caserna Genova Cavalleria - storage centre Rome
P.G. 51 Altamura Villa Serena Bari - Transit camp
P.G. 52 Chiavari
P.G. 53 Sforzacosta Macerata
P.G. 54 Passo Corese / Fara Sabina
P.G. 55 Busseto Near Piacenza. 4 satellite labour camps.
P.G. 57 Grupignano , at Cividale del Friuli.,Province of Udine. Mostly Australian and New Zealand other ranks.
P.G. 59 Servigliano
P.G. 60 Colle Compito Lucca
P.G. 62 Grumello del Piano Near Bergamo. Mostly Indians and Cypriots. Seven satellite work camps, including Gamba, Cremona and Torbole
P.G. 63 Marinaro Aversa Near Naples. Mostly Indians.
P.G. 65 Gravina-Altamura Bari
P.G. 66 Capua
P.G. 68 Vetralla
P.G. 70 Monte Urano Near Fermo Ascoli Piceno
P.G. 71 Aversa Near Naples
P.G. 73 Fossoli di Carpi Near Modena.
P.G. 75 Torre Tresca, Bari Transit camp. One work camp.
P.G. 77 Pissignano, Campello di Clitunno, near Spoleto, Umbria (Tent camp)
later known as C.C. 77 or Dulag 226 (German).
P.G. 78 Sulmona
P.G. 78/1 Aquafredda Work camp Many New Zealanders.
P.G. 80 Villa Marina Near Rome
P.G. 82 Laterina Near Arezzo. 8,000 prisoners passed through . 50% escaped (2,720 from secret Italia armi document SMRE Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito Italiano)
P.G. 83 Fiume
P.G. 85 Tuturano Transit camp.
P.G. 87 Stalia 6000 in camp
P.G. 89 Gonars Udine
P.G. 91 Avezzano
P.G. 97 Renicci di Anghiari Arezzo
P.G. 98 San Giuseppe Jato Sicily
P.G. 102 Near Aquila Transit camp
P.G. 103 Monigo Treviso
P.G. 103/6 Ampezzo Udine
P.G. 103/7 La Maina near Ampezzo, at Sauris.
P.G. 106 Vercelli 25 work camps, mostly Australians and NewZealanders
P.G. 106/20 Arro Salussola
P.G. 107 Torviscosa Udine - Five work camps, including Prati, San Donà di Piave, Torre di Confine, La Salute. Mostly New Zealanders and South Africans
P.G. 107/2 Prati
P.G. 107/4 San Donà di Piave
P.G. 107/5 Torre di Confine
P.G. 107/6 ?
P.G. 107/7 La Salute di Livenza
P.G. 110 Carbonia
P.G. 112 Turin
P.G. 113 Avio (Trento) , Rovereto
P.G. 115 Morgnano, near Spoleto. It was a work camp and had at least one satellite:
P.G. 115/3 Marsciano
P.G. 118 Prato all'Isarco Near Bolzano
P.G. 120 Chiesanuova Padova - work camps at Fattoria Bianco, Cetona, Abano, Fogolana.
P.G. 120/4 ?
P.G. 120/5 Abano
P.G. 120/8 Fogolana
P.G. 122 Cinecittà Near Rome - several work camps
P.G. 127 Locano Canavese Aosta
P.G. 129 Montelupone Macerata
P.G. 132 Foggia
P.G. 133 Novara
P.G. 136 Bologna
P.G. 145 Campotosto, Montorio al Vomano (Province of Teramo)
P.G. 146 Mortara Pavia
P.G. 148 Bussolengo
P.G. 201 Bergamo hospital in an almshouse
P.G. 202 Lucca hospital in a monastery in Bergamo district.
P.G. 203 Bologna hospital in Castel S Pietro
P.G. 204 Altamura hospital in a school
P.G. 206 Nocera hospital near Rovello
P.G. 207 Milan hospital
P.G. 339 Pisa
P.G.D.S.36 PG (POW) Detachment at Castelluccio (Pienza)
Crema (PG number unknown) POWs held in what is now the Crema Civic Museum
Campo No1 Marina, Manziana (Lake Bracciano)
Ospedale Militare Caserta, Naples
Dulag 339 (formerly 337) Mantua elsewhere listed as a stalag (German)
Stalag 339 Trieste Distinct (German)
P.G. 454 Brindisi Mainly Indians (German)
A camp for British POWs reportedly existed near Caoria - Canal San Bovo (Trento). It was closed on 8th September 1943.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_POW_camps_in_Italy and others.
See also this list: http://www.campifascisti.it/elenco_tipo_campi.php?nazione=46&id_tipo=4
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