Molat concentration camp

Molat
Molat
Italian concentration camp
Coordinates	44°12′59″N 14°52′45″E / 44.2165°N 14.8791°E
Location	Molat, Governorate of Dalmatia
Operated by	Italian Ministry of the Interior
Commandant	Leonardo Fantoli
Operational	30 June 1942 – 8 September 1943
Inmates	Yugoslav civilians (mostly Croats, Slovenes and Serbs)
Number of inmates	20,000
Killed	1,000

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

External links

Campo di Concentramento Molat by I Campi Fascisti
Italian concentration camp in Jaza bay on the island Molat Jasenovac Memorial Site

References

^ The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Cambridge University Press. May 29, 2018. ISBN 9780253023865. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ 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.
^ Tea Sindbæk Andersen: Zaratini: Memories and Absence of the Italian Community of Zadar . P. 157.
^ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco: I campi del duce. Giulio Einaudi 2004, ISBN 88-06-16781-2, S. 273.

[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.

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