Campagna (Campania)

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Campagna
coat of arms
Campagna (Italy)
Campagna
Country Italy
region Campania
province Salerno  (SA)
Coordinates 40 ° 40 ′  N , 15 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
height 270  m slm
surface 135.41 km²
Residents 17,109 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 126 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 84022-84020
prefix 0828
ISTAT number 065022
Popular name Campagnesi
Patron saint Sant'Antonino abate
Website Campagna

Campagna is an Italian commune with 17,109 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Salerno in the Campania region . It is part of the Comunità Montana Tanagro - Alto e Medio Sele .

geography

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Panorama of Campagna

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities are Acerno , Contursi Terme , Eboli , Olevano sul Tusciano , Oliveto Citra , Postiglione , Senerchia (AV) and Serre .

The districts are Camaldoli, Galdo, Mattinelle, Puglietta, Quadrivio, Romandola-Madonna del Ponte, Santa Maria La Nova and Serradarce.

Campo di concentramento

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Campagna . The internees were housed in two former monasteries, the Convento di San Bartolomeo and the Convento dell'Immacolata Concezione , which provided space for hundreds of internees. The first monastery was in good structural condition, while the second monastery was in danger of collapsing and had so many deficiencies that the internees living there were eventually moved to San Bartolomeo .

In the monastery of San Bartolomeo the conditions were characterized by overcrowding, precarious hygienic and sanitary conditions, lack of water and the lack of any heating option in winter. In August 1940 two internees died of typhus . The first internees were Italian Jews and members of hostile nations. Later, however, more and more Jews came from Germany , Austria , Poland and Fiume , as well as Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Jews. In July 1940 there were 369 internees in Campagna; in April 1942 there were 115, in August 1943 148. With the support of the Jewish welfare organization DELASEM ( Delegazione per l'Assistenta degli Emigranti Ebrei ), cultural activities were stimulated and promoted: a small orchestra and a library were created, and a small one in one room Synagogue built; Football tournaments took place.

The internees were only released in September 1943. After Campagna was liberated on September 19, 1943, a refugee camp was set up in the monastery of San Bartolomeo , which was headed by the Allied Displaced Persons Sub-Committee .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 227-229; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exil in Italien 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 56-59

Web links

Commons : Campagna  - album with pictures, videos and audio files