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

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Megalopolis existed in September and October 1943 and was located in southern Greece, in the town of Megalopolis, about 154 kilometers (96 miles) southwest of Athens (map 8).1 The camp was subordinated to Army Group South Greece (Armeegruppe Südgriechenland).

The Germans designated the camp for the temporary confinement of Italian military prisoners. No details regarding conditions in the camp are available, but the Germans generally treated Italian military prisoners harshly.

SOURCES

Primary source material about KGL Megalopolis is located in BA-MA (RH 31 X/2: Bestand Armeegruppe Südgriechenland).

Additional information about KGL Megalopolis 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, 252; Tätigkeitsbericht Armeegruppe Südgriechenland, Abt. 1a-01 No. 1282/43 geh., 22. 9.1943, an Heeresgruppe E 1a/01 (BAMA, RH 31 X/2).

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