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

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Nea-Kokkinia existed in September and October 1943 in the town of Nea-Kokkinia (Attika region, today Nikaia, a suburb of Athens), Greece (map 8).1 It was subordinate to Army Group South Greece (Armeegruppe Südgriechenland). [End Page 535]

The camp was designated 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 Nea-Kokkinia is located in BA-MA (RH 31 X/7: Bestand Armeegruppe Südgriechenland).

Additional information about KGL Nea-Kokkinia 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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