The internment camps in Libya

Authors

  • Giordana Terracina Piazza Bainsizza 3, 00195 Rome, Italy.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12869/TM2017-3-05

Keywords:

Internment camps, Jews, Libya, Fascism, Buerat el Hsun, Zuetina.

Abstract

The list of the internment camps in Buerat el Hsun and Zuetina, created in Libya by Mussolini inSeptember 1940 with a Decree issued following Italy’s entry into the war, is presented. As one can deduct from thenames, the inmates were foreign Jews (mostly French and British), considered dangerous or suspected due to their“enemy” citizenship. Other information is listed next to the internment date, such as their arrest by the Italian authoritiesand their escape after the arrival of the British Army.

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Published

2018-01-31

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