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Campo Concentramento P.G. 21

Camp 21 was located in Chieti and was known as a very brutal camp with over crowding with food shortages and sewage problems.

In 1943 after Italy’s surrender, the head British officer would not permit anyone to leave.  As a result the Germans took over the camp and moved the POWs to Northern Italian camps near the border with Austria.  Denominations listed are 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 lire.