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Ferramonti-Tarsia was an internment camp established for Jewish detainees in June 20, 1940, by the Italian government and built by the firm Eugenio Parrini. The Ferramonti-Tarsia internment camp was located thirty-five kilometers from Cosenza, in the region of Calabria, Italy. The camp director was Paolo Salvatore until January 22, 1943. Mario Fraticelli was appointed camp director on March 31, 1943. In November 1941 non-Jewish internees from Yugoslavia and Chinese civilians residing in Italy were housed at the internment camp. In 1942 the camp received around 300 Greek detainees from Libya and Greece. The overall camp population consisted primarily of Jewish detainees from Yugoslavia, Albania, and East-Central European countries. Ferramonti-Tarsia held over 2,000 internees (with an estimated 1,500 Jewish internees) by the summer of 1943. In September 1943, vice-camp director Gaetano Marrari released internees before the arrival of the German armed forces. On September 14, 1943, the British Eighth Army entered the camp. The British Eighth Army and a division of the United States Army established Ferramonti-Tarsia as a refugee camp that operated until September 1945. (en-US)
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Voigt, Klaus. Jewish Refugees and Immigrants in Italy, 1933-1945. The Italian Refuge: Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust edited by Ivo Herzer; co-edited by Klaus Voight and James Burgwyn. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1989. p. 149