Allied prisoner of war camps in southern and insular Italy

Journal title STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI
Author/s Isabella Insolvibile
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2021/88
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 178-195 File size 122 KB
DOI 10.3280/SPC2021-088010
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Between 1940 and 1943, the South of Italy and its islands hosted 19 camps for Allied prisoners, divided into transit, concentration and labour sites. The living conditions of the enemy soldiers were often difficult, and this was because the Italian detainer was unable to comply with international regulations concerning the protection of prisoners of war. Not only that: in some circumstances, the camp leaders were blatantly hostile towards the men they held, resulting in behaviour that sometimes led to actual war crimes. The experience of Allied imprisonment is thus part of the broad debate on the re-evaluation of the Italians’ role in the war.

Keywords: prisoner, concentration camps, Southern and Insular Italy, war crimes, Allied, World War II

Isabella Insolvibile, I campi per prigionieri di guerra alleati nell’Italia meridionale e insulare in "STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI" 88/2021, pp 178-195, DOI: 10.3280/SPC2021-088010