Transfer to civilian forced labour status
In July 1944 Mussolini obtained from Hitler the release of the military internees from the jurisdiction of the Wehrmacht. The National Socialists…
Liberation and Homecoming
At the end of the war in 1945, the Allies, the United States of America, Great Britain and the Soviet Union liberated more than 11 million former forced labourers. The…
Commemoration instead of Compensation
The deported Italians returned to a politically completely changed country: fascism was a thing of the past, the monarchy was abolished in 1946. High…
Link List
Research possibilities on the subject of Italian military internees
Here we present a selected list of links to search services, victim associations, museums and memorials…
Interactive Map
Work commands with Italian military internees in Berlin and surroundings
At the time of the transfer to civilian status in September 1944, the Italian military internees…
Living Conditions of Soldiers
accommodation
The prisoner-of-war camps were mostly overcrowded after the arrival of the Italians. Many Italians were starving and had to sleep in tents or holes in…
Who were the forced laborers?
Nobody could live in Germany during the Nazi era without encountering them at every turn: Forced labourers from all over Europe were omnipresent.
About 26 million…
44 marks for Germans, 5 marks for Russians
The working conditions of forced labour
The pay, the activity, the scope of work, and ultimately the entire working day were determined by the…
FAQ
About this exhibition
Until today the history of the approximately 650,000 Italian military interned (IMI) in Germany is little known. In 1943 they were deported by the Wehrmacht as…
A cornerstone of the NS-State
Logic and logistics of forced labour
Before the war began, forced labour was a means of exclusion and persecution. The social services obligated recipients of…
