Stories of Survival: The People of Ferramonti: Then and Now (English Edition)

Yolanda Ropschitz-Bentham

In Calabria, June 1940, Jewish exiles from Europe, escaping the Nazis, begin to arrive at Ferramonti di Tarsia Campo di Concentramento, a site chosen by the Fascist Italian government for its remoteness and inhospitable terrain. The aim: to intern 'enemy aliens' resident in Italy as the country enters WWII. . Over the next three years, Ferramonti will see its population swell to over 3,000 interne…