Fossoli, Fossoli Camp, Italy

Approximately six kilometers from Carpi, in the area of Fossoli, the camp built in 1942 by the royal army for the imprisonment of enemy soldiers is still visible (p. 73).

In December 1943 the Italian Social Republic changed this place into a concentration camp for Jews. From March 1944 it became a police and transit camp (Polizei und Durchgangslager), which the SS used as a pre-facility for Nazi concentration camps.

Its use extended beyond the war, when it was readjusted for civilian use; with this function it remained inhabited until the 1970s, when it became empty and abandoned.

Only in 1984 did the municipality of Carpi acquire its property from the state for free, with the commitment to become the National Museum of Deportations, according to the role it had as a national camp for deportations from Italy during the Social Republic.

Its long history recalls a multitude of events and memories, representing a typical cross-section of the major historical themes of the 20th century, which the restoration of the preserved military camp also reveals in material remains.

Today, it is a place with history, encounters and education. Source: comune.carpi.mo.it

https://www.fondazionefossoli.org/i-luoghi/campo-di-fossoli/

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