List of Italian concentration camps


Italian concentration camps include camps from the Italian colonial wars in Africa as well as camps for the civilian population from areas occupied by Italy during World War II. Memory of both camps were subjected to "historical amnesia". The repression of memory led to historical revisionism in Italy and in 2003 the Italian media published Silvio Berlusconi's statement that Benito Mussolini only "used to send people on vacation".

Colonial wars

Name of the campLocation of campPresent-day countryDate of establishmentDate of disestablishmentEstimated number of prisonersEstimated number of deaths
NocraNocraEritrea1930s1941
AbyarAbyarLibya193019333,123
AgedabiaAjdabiyaLibya1930193310,000
El AgheilaEl AgheilaLibya1930193310,900
Marsa BregaBregaLibya1930193321,117
Sid Ahmed el MaghrunEl MagrunLibya1930193313,050
SoluchSuluqLibya1930193320,123
DananeMogadishuSomalia193519416,0003,175

World War II