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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 ItalyAlessandra Kersevan 2008: (Editor) Foibe – Revisionismo di stato e amnesie della repubblica. Kappa Vu. Udine. and in 2003 the Italian media published Silvio Berlusconi's statement that Benito Mussolini only "used to send people on vacation".''Survivors of war camp lament Italy's amnesia'' , 2003, International Herald Tribune Colonial wars There were numerous war crimes conducted by the Royal Italian Army, Italian Army in the colonies. In Cyrenaica alone between 1929 and 1933 ove ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Agheila
El Agheila ( ) is a coastal city at the southern end of the Gulf of Sidra and Mediterranean Sea in far western Cyrenaica, Libya. In 1988 it was placed in Ajdabiya District; remaining there until 1995. It was removed from Ajdabiya District in 1995 but in 2001 it was placed back into Ajdabiya District. In 2007, El Agheila was placed within the enlarged Al Wahat District. El Agheila is best known as the site of several Second World War battles during the North African Campaign. History El Agheila is the site of the Roman fortified town of Anabucis and its Greek precursor Automala. During the Italian occupation of Libya, the town was the site of an Italian concentration camp for Bedouins. The camp was just south of town and housed over 10,000 inmates. Thousands of the Bedouins starved to death in the camp run by the Italian colonial troops. World War II In February 1941, El Agheila was taken by the British Western Desert Force following their destruction of the Italian Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marj
Marj (, , "The Meadows"), El Merj in Benghazi and Egyptian Arabic, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the Marj District. It lies in an upland valley separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a range of hills, part of the Jebel Akhdar Mountains, and is generally believed to be the site of the ancient city of Barca. , it had an estimated population of 85,315. There are a couple of banks on the main street and the main post office is in the city centre, not far from the Abu Bakr Assiddiq mosque.Pliez, Olivier (ed.) (2009) "Al Marj" ''Le Petit Futé Libye'' Petit Futé, Parisp. 237 ; in French History According to most archeologists, Marj marks the site of the ancient city of Barca, which, however, according to Alexander Graham, was at Tolmeita ( Ptolemais). Marj grew around a Turkish fort built in 1842 and now restored. During the colonial dominance of Libya (1913–41), the town was called Barce and was developed as an administrative and market ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barce Concentration Camp
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Apollonia (Cyrenaica)
Apollonia () in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, Libya, Cyrene, to the southwest. Apollonia became autonomous from Cyrene at latest by the time the area came within the power of ancient Rome, Rome, when it was one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis (North Africa), Pentapolis, growing in power until, in the 6th century AD, it became the capital of the Roman province of Libya Superior or Libya Pentapolitana. The city became known as Sozusa, which explains the modern name of Marsa Susa or Susa, Libya, Susa, which grew up long after the cessation of urban life in the ancient city after the Arab occupation of AD 643. Sozusa was an episcopal see and is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Ruins The early foundation levels of the city of Apollonia are below sea level due to submergence in earthquakes, while the upper s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollonia Concentration Camp
Apollonia or Apolonia (named after the Greek god Apollo) may refer to : Places and jurisdictions Albania * Apollonia (Illyria), now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see Bulgaria * Apollonia, Thrace, now Sozopol, Bulgaria Greece * Apollonia (Aetolia), a town near Naupactus * Apollonia (Argolis), also known as Troezen * Apollonia (Athos), a city on Mount Athos * Apollonia (Chalcidice), a city in the Chalcidice * Apollonia (Echinades), a town in the Echniades * Apollonia (Kavala), a city in Kavala, northern Greece * Apollonia (Mygdonia), an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, reportedly visited by the Apostle Paul * Apollonia, Sifnos (ancient town), an ancient town on the island of Sifnos * Apollonia (Sifnos), the main town on the island of Sifnos, taking its name from the former * Apollonia, Thessaloniki * Five cities on Crete: ** Apellonia, also called Apollonia, on the north coast ** Apollonia (northern Crete), on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derna, Libya
Derna (; ') is a port city in eastern Libya. With a population of around 90,000, Derna was once the seat of one of the wealthiest provinces among the Barbary States. The city is now the administrative capital of Derna District, which covers a much smaller area than the old province. Among Libyan cities, Derna has a unique location and physical environment, as it lies between the Jebel Akhdar (also known as Green Mountain), the Mediterranean Sea, and the desert and is the fourth most important port in Cyrenaica's northern coast after Benghazi, Bayda and Tobruk. The city is also home to people of many different backgrounds. The city was the location of the famous Battle of Derna (1805), the first victory achieved by the United States Military on foreign soil. Occurring during the First Barbary War, the battle was fought between a force of roughly 500 US Marines and Mediterranean mercenaries and 4,000 or 5,000 Barbary troops. Parts of the city were taken over by Islamic Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derna Concentration Camp
Derna may refer to: Places * Derna District, a district in eastern Libya ** Derna, Libya, a port city in that district ** Apostolic Vicariate of Derna, a Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction with see in that city ** RAF Derna, a former Royal Air Force station located near Derna, Libya, during the Second World War * Derna, Bihor, Romania, a commune ** Derna mine ** Derna oil field * Derna (river), Romania * Derna Province, a province of Libya established in 1937 under Italian rule People * Derna Casetti (born 1959), Italian former female middle-distance and cross-country runner * Derna Polazzo (1912–?), Italian sprinter and long jumper Other uses * Battle of Derna (other) Battle of Derna may refer to: * Battle of Derna (1805) The Battle of Derna at Derna, Libya, Derna, Cyrenaica, was a military engagement in April–May 1805 of a mercenary army recruited and led by United States Marines under the command of Unit ... See also * * Darneh (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suluq
Suluq () is a town in the Benghazi District of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located about 53 kilometers to the south-east of Benghazi. Italian Libya Suluq is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya period. On 16 September 1931 Omar Mukhtar, the leader of the Libyan resistance movement, was hanged here. Suluq was the southern inland terminus of a short narrow gauge built by the Italian Libya Railways. This line was closed around the 1960s. Present day Suluq is on the crossroad of many roads connecting her with several inhabited places like: #Benghazi (to the north-west). # Al Abyar (to the north-east). # Qaminis (to the west). # El Magrun (to the south-west). # Zawiyat Msus (to the south-east). In 2009, 5,000 new housing units were built in Suluq. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soluch Concentration Camp
Execution of Omar Mukhtar, Soluch 1931 The Soluch concentration camp was an Italian concentration camp in Suluq (also known as Soluch) in the Italian colony of Libya during the Pacification of Libya that took place from 1928 to 1932.Geoff Simons. ''Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie''. Oxford, England, UK: Centre for Libyan Studies, 2003. P. 12. It was here that the famous Senussi anti-colonial leader Omar Mukhtar was executed by hanging on 16 September 1931. The camp is recorded as having a population of 20,123 people.Michael R. Ebner. Geoff Simons. ''Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy''. New York, New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2011. P. 261. See also * Libyan genocide * The Holocaust in Libya * Italian concentration camps in Libya * Italian Libya * Second Italo-Senussi War The Second Italo-Senussi War, also referred to as the pacification of Libya, was a conflict that occurred during the Italian colonization of Libya between Italian milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Magrun
El Magrun () is a village in the Benghazi District, of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. History El Magrun was named after Sidi Ahmed El Magrun. El Magrun is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica), and for those in the Libyan resistance movement, during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya periods. Geography El Magrun is located 80 km south of Benghazi and 80 km north of Ajdabiya. The village is linked with Benghazi by two roads: The Benghazi- Qaminis-Magrun road (part of Libyan Coastal Highway), and the Benghazi-Suluq Suluq () is a town in the Benghazi District of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located about 53 kilometers to the south-east of Benghazi. Italian Libya Suluq is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic t ...-Magrun road. Notes Populated places in Benghazi District Italian concentration camps World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
