Colfiorito, Taborišče

Campo di Colfiorito saw use in the year 1882, when civil engineers built nine huts on the land known as "Campo San Pietro".

It was intended as a firing range and military shelter for squads and began operating from 1885.

In 1936 it was decided that the military camp Colfiorito would be used as an internment camp, intended for the reception, in case of need, of dangerous elements from political reasons or military.

The installation capacity of the buildings the presence of water and electricity, the possibility of restricting movement on the area enclosed by a barbed wire, and the morphology of the land contributed to the transformation of this military camp into a proper internment colony.

From July 1940, more than 170 political interns were held in the camp. In spring 1941 the camp was expanded with the construction of seven more wooden barracks, and from January to August 1943 many interns arrived at the camp, up to 22 September 1943. A mass escape of interns (more than 1200 people) occurred, of whom only 300 gave up their escape.

After the earthquake of 1997, nine storage areas became seven. At the site of the last two, there is today an auto service. They underwent a thorough renovation, only one barrack remained as it was, and that is the one that today houses the precious natural history museum of the Colfiorito park.

Source: https://www.comune.foligno.pg.it/

Official opening of the memorial to the concentration camp Colfiorito – Study Center for Internment and Deportation "Olga Lucchi".

Saturday, 20th January 2024, at 10.15

Official opening of the memorial in the classroom of the Natural History Museum

speakers: R. Zampolini, C. Di Sante, M. Lucidi, C. Rutili, A. Stramaccioni, representatives of Officina della Memoria and Valle Umbra and Sibillini GAL

Details of the program can be seen in the attached images. Even though we are not involved for known reasons (1, 2), as authors, researchers, as anti-fascists, and as the society Jugocoord, we have done our part and can be proud of the result. We will remain active and vigilant, so that the memory of the events is always renewed and we never forget that the highest number of interned people and foreign victims were in Colfiorito and the surrounding areas of Yugoslavs!

Source: Memoriale del Campo di concentramento di Fiorito