Fossoli camp

The Fossoli camp was a concentration camp in , established during World War II and located in the village of , , . It began as a prisoner of war camp in 1942, later being a Jewish concentration camp, then a police and transit camp, a labour collection centre for Germany and, finally, a refugee camp before closing in 1970.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Durchgangslager Fossoli”, “ex campo di concentramento di Fossoli”, “former Fossoli concentration camp”, and “Fossoli concentration camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carpi-Budrione’s Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an aerodrome, which is situated 2½ km west of Fossoli camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fossoli and Rovereto sulla Secchia.

Village
is an Italian village and hamlet of , a city and municipality of the , . It is infamous for the eponymous concentration camp and has a population of about 4400.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Fossoli camp.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Fossoli camp.

Fossoli camp

Latitude
44.82801° or 44° 49′ 41″ north
Longitude
10.90208° or 10° 54′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FPGRWH2+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272790772
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q321506
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Serbo-Croatian—“Fossoli camp” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Campu de concentración de Fossoli”
  • Bulgarian: “Фосоли”
  • Catalan: “Camp de Fossoli”
  • Cebuano: “Fossoli”
  • Chinese: “佛索利營區”
  • Dutch: “Fossoli di Carpi”
  • French: “camp de Fossoli”
  • French: “Camp de Fossoli”
  • German: “Durchgangslager Fossoli”
  • German: “Fossoli”
  • German: “KZ Fossoli”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הריכוז פוסולי”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה ריכוז פוסולי”
  • Hebrew: “פוסולי”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Fossoli”
  • Italian: “Campo di Fossoli”
  • Italian: “Campo di transito di Fossoli”
  • Italian: “Ex campo di concentramento di Fossoli”
  • Lombard: “Camp de Fossel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Campo di Fossoli”
  • Norwegian: “Campo di Fossoli”
  • Polish: “Obóz koncentracyjny w Fossoli”
  • Serbian: “Fossoli”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fossoli, Modena”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chiesa di Fossoli and Cimitero di Fossoli.

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