Molat concentration camp

Molat
Italian concentration camp
Coordinates44°12′59″N 14°52′45″E / 44.2165°N 14.8791°E / 44.2165; 14.8791
LocationMolat, Governorate of Dalmatia
Operated by Italian Ministry of the Interior
CommandantLeonardo Fantoli[1]
Operational30 June 1942 – 8 September 1943
InmatesYugoslav civilians (mostly Croats, Slovenes and Serbs)
Number of inmates20,000
Killed1,000

The Molat concentration camp (Italian: campo di concentramento di Melada; Croatian: Koncentracijski logor Molat; Serbian: Концентрациони логор Молат; Slovene: Koncentracijsko taborišče Molat) was an Italian concentration camp, established during World War II, by Fascist Italy on the island of Molat and was subordinate to the Italian Ministry of the Interior.

The camp existed from June 30, 1942 to September 8, 1943 and, like the Gonars and Rab concentration camps, was used mainly for the internment of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in order to "Italianize" the region of annexed Dalmatia.[2] According to the camp's commemorative plaque, the camp, consisting of five barracks, was passed through by about 20,000 inmates, of whom about 1,000 died, due to the inhumane conditions in the camp or were shot as hostages in retaliation for Partisan attacks.[3]

Number of inmates[4]
June 1942 July 1942 August 1942 September 1942 November 1942 December 1942 January 1943 February 1943
Number of inmates 223 1.320 2.337 2.300 2.200 2.400 1.627 1.500

References

  1. ^ The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Cambridge University Press. May 29, 2018. ISBN 9780253023865. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Pamela Ballinger: History in Exile: Memory and Identity at the Borders of the Balkans . Princeton University Press 2003, ISBN 0-691-08696-6, p. 139.
  3. ^ Tea Sindbæk Andersen: Zaratini: Memories and Absence of the Italian Community of Zadar . P. 157.
  4. ^ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco: I campi del duce. Giulio Einaudi 2004, ISBN 88-06-16781-2, S. 273.