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

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Leianokladion existed in September 1943 and was deployed in Greece, in the town of Leianokladion (Lianokladi, Leianokladi), 180 kilometers (112 miles) northwest of Athens, near the town of Lamia (map 8).1 It was subordinate to Army Group South Greece/Army Group (Armeegruppe Südgriechenland/Heeresgruppe) E.

The Germans used the camp to temporarily confine Italian military prisoners from the area of Lamia. No details regarding conditions in the camp are available, but the Germans generally treated Italian military prisoners harshly.

SOURCES

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

Additional information about KGL Leianokladion 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., 12. 9.1943 (BA-MA, RH 31 X/7).

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