Fossombrone, women's prison, Italy

Foddombrone, female prison (ženska kaznilnica), is located near the tourist area Rimini in the province of Pesaro. In this prison, 152 Yugoslav women, political prisoners, were held. It was built for prisoners sentenced to strict and long-term imprisonment. All prisoners lived in solitary confinement cells, which were about 350 in number. These cells were long five and wide three paces. The prison was converted during the Second World War into a women's prison for serious offenders and for Yugoslav women. At first, they were transferred there those who had committed offenses in the prisons and were punished by transfer to a stricter prison. Later on, the prisoners were directly brought to Fossombrone. The first four Yugoslav women were brought into the prison on 29 July 1942. Later prisoners came from Slovenia, Croatia, Istria, Gorski Kotar, Lika, Dalmatia, and Montenegro.

After Italy's capitulation, an organized return to their homeland was arranged. The first group of 19 Slovenes left on 19 November to Ljubljana, where they joined the work of the Partisans or went to the Partisan units. Later on, individual prisoners were released, two were released after serving their sentence, and the remaining, about 100, were released on 30 and 31 December 1943.

In the prison, on 1 July 1943, the newspaper Naša borba began to be published. The newspaper was issued every 15 days in three editions as many as there were floors. After eight issues, the newspaper changed its character and was renamed Staljinovih crvenih udarnica, and only one issue was published.

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