Memorial Stone for Deceased Italian Prisoners of War on Lagerfriedhof Kaisersteinbruch/Sommerein

On the prisoner of war cemetery Stalag XVII A Kaisersteinbruch/Sommerein there is a memorial stone for the Italian prisoners who died during their captivity. In April 2019, Giovanni Savegnago, a 94-year-old man living in the region of Vicenza, visited Kaisersteinbruch, the place where he had been held captive for almost two years, from 1943 to 1945. He brought two metal plaques with him to Kaisersteinbruch, on which the names of 96 Italian comrades who had died during their captivity in Kaisersteinbruch are listed. The two plaques were attached to the memorial stone for the "Italians" on the prisoner of war cemetery.