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Avezzano concentration camp

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Background

Avezzano concentration camp was an Italian assembly and detention camp set up in 1916 in Avezzano, Abruzzo, during World War I, immediately after the 1915 Marsica earthquake that almost completely destroyed it, decimating the population. The camp was reserved to about 15,000 prisoners from the Austro-Hungarian army, mainly of Czech–Slovak, Polish, German, and Hungarian nationalities; Romanians, who were gathered in the Romanian Legion of Italy by the end of the conflict, had a garrison and a training camp in Avezzano. Mostly abandoned in 1920, a sector was reused in World War II to house British, Indian and New Zealand prisoners of war.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1916

Closed 1945

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1916

Region

Avezzano

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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Contact & address

Via San Francesco, Avezzano 67051
+39 0863 45021
[email protected]
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World Prisons. (2026). Avezzano concentration camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/avezzano-concentration-camp
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"Avezzano concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/avezzano-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-avezzano-concentration-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Avezzano concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/avezzano-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}