PG 71 - AversaSheet by: Isabella Insolvibile
A barrack of the concentration camp no. 71 in Aversa (NA) - AUSSME Archive, Fototeca 2 Guerra Mondiale Italia 507/637
General data
Town: Aversa
Province: Napoli (Caserta)
Region: Campania
Location/Address: Trentola Ducenta (oggi comune autonomo) - Aversa
Type of camp: Prisoner of War camp
Number: 71
Italian military mail service number: 3400
Intended to: officers
Local jurisdiction: Difesa Territoriale Napoli
Railroad station: Aversa
Accommodation: huts
Capacity: 360
Operating: from 06/1942 to 11/1942
Commanding Officer: Col. Pasquale Gamboni
Brief chronology:
June – November 1942: a single Allied officer, unknown, was held in the camp.
Allied prisoners in the Aversa camp
| Date | Generals | Officers | NCOs | Troops | TOT |
| 1.6.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1.7.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1.8.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1.9.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 30.9.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 31.10.1942 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 30.11.1942 | 1 | 1 |
Camp’s overview
PG 71, Aversa – placed by Vatican sources in Ducenta, today Trentola Ducenta – held a single Allied officer, for unknown reasons, between June and November 1942. The camp was intended for PoWs of different nationalities.
The camp was closed on 8 August 1943.
Today no traces remain of the camp.
Archival sources
- Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, IAC, UIV, Sez. Segr., b. 518
- Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Ministero dell’Interno, Direzione Generale Pubblica Sicurezza, A5G, II GM, bb. 116, 117, 118 e 140, Verbali e Notiziari della Commissione Interministeriale per i Prigionieri di Guerra
- Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Ministero dell’Aeronautica, Gabinetto, b. 70, Verbali e Notiziari della Commissione Interministeriale per i Prigionieri di Guerra
- Archivio Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito, L10, b. 32
- Archivio Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito, M7, b. 3131
- Archivio Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito, H8, b. 79