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Bolzano Transit Camp

1944 in Italy1945 in ItalyBolzanoHistory of South TyrolNazi concentration camps in Italy
Campo di concentramento di Bolzano 1945
Campo di concentramento di Bolzano 1945

Bolzano was a transit camp operated by Nazi Germany in Bolzano from 1944 to 3 May 1945 during World War II. It was one of the largest Nazi Lager on Italian soil, along with those of Fossoli, Borgo San Dalmazzo and Trieste.

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Bolzano Transit Camp
Via Resia - Reschenstraße, Bolzano - Bozen Don Bosco

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Via Resia - Reschenstraße 150
39100 Bolzano - Bozen, Don Bosco
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
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Bolzano Victory Monument
Bolzano Victory Monument

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