Volume IV: Camps and Other Detention Facilities under the German Armed Forces
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[End Page 536] KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER (KGL) PISTOIA

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Pistoia existed in September and October 1943, in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of northern Italy (map 6).1 It was subordinated to the Military Commander Upper Italy/General Command Witthöft/Army Group (Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien/Generalkommando Witthöft/Heeresgruppe) B.

The camp was intended for 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 Pistoia is located in BA-MA (Heeresgruppe B; Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien; RH 24-73/14).

Additional information about KGL Pistoia 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. 240; Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien (Generalkommando Witthöft) Qu/Qu 1 No. 41/43 g.Kdos., H.Qu., 5.10.1943, Betr.: Sicherstellung von Auffanglagern (BA-MA, RH 24-73/14).

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