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Operational period: 1942–ongoing/unknown.
Background
The Fossoli camp (Italian: Campo di Fossoli) was a concentration camp in Italy, established during World War II and located in the village of Fossoli, Carpi, Emilia-Romagna. 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. It is estimated that 2,844 Jews passed through this camp, 2,802 of whom were then deported.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1942
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1942
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Felice Jona1878–1944
- Maria Cammeo1902
Jerzy Sas Kulczycki1905–1944 · military personnel- Enrichetta Jona1919–1945 · schoolmaster
- Clotilde Levi1879–1944
- Gilda Larocca1910–1992 · partisan
Gianfranco Maris1921–2015 · lawyer- Ada Michlstaedter Marchesini1890–1944
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q321506)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fossoli concentration camp. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fossoli-concentration-camp
Chicago
"Fossoli concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fossoli-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fossoli-concentration-camp,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fossoli concentration camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fossoli-concentration-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}