Volume IV: Camps and Other Detention Facilities under the German Armed Forces
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KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER (KGL) ATHEN

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Athen existed in September and October 1943 and deployed in the city of Athens, Greece, in the Gudikaserne (map 8).1 The camp was subordinate to Army Group South Greece (Armeegruppe Südgriechenland).

The Germans created the camp to confine Italian military prisoners temporarily. No details regarding conditions in the [End Page 528] camp are available, but the Germans generally treated Italian military prisoners harshly.

SOURCES

Primary source material about KGL Athen is located in BA-MA (RH 31 X/7: Bestand Armeegruppe Südgriechenland).

Additional information about KGL Athen can be found in the following publication: Gerhard Schreiber, Die italienischen Militärinternierten im deutschen Machtbereich 1943–1945: Verraten, Verachtet, Vergessen (Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1990).

NOTES

1. Schreiber, Die italienischen Militärinternierten, p. 252; Tätigkeitsbericht Armeegruppe Südgriechenland, Qu., 17. und 30.9.1943 (BA-MA, RH 31 X/7)..

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