Corropoli

Corropoli
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Teramo  (TE)
Coordinates	42 ° 50 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
height	132  m slm
surface	21.98 km²
Residents	5,150 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	234 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	64013
prefix	0861
ISTAT number	067021
Popular name	Corropolesi
Patron saint	Agnes of Rome (January 21)
Website	Corropoli

View of the church in Corropoli

Corropoli is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 5150 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Teramo in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 21.5 kilometers northwest of Teramo , about 20.5 kilometers west-southwest of Ascoli Piceno and about 8 kilometers east of the Adriatic coast in the Val Vibrata.

history

In the district of Ripoli there is a settlement structure from the Neolithic Age . The so-called Ripoli culture is named after the place. The main town Corropoli itself belonged from the third century BC. To the Roman Empire. Here, too, a settlement was built that even had some temples.

In the Middle Ages, the village was under the rule of the Dukes of Acquaviva.

In February 1941 the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Corropoli . It was located on the Maiulano hill in an empty monastery not far from the town center and offered space for 180 internees. The number of internees fluctuated, but did not reach the maximum number: there were a total of 18 (March 1941), 132 (May 1942), 64 (August 1942), 150 (January 1943) and finally 165 (August 1943) inmates.

The first internees were political opponents and members of the Slavic minorities in the Italian border provinces; There were also a few Jewish foreigners in the camp. In 1942, Greek officers, British nationals, Indians , Libyans and Yugoslavs came to Corropoli from the areas occupied and annexed by Italy.

As in other camps, the status of internees in Corropoli affected their material situation. The "ex-Yugoslavs" went on hunger strikes several times, while the British internees received food parcels through the Red Cross . In September 1943 some inmates were freed by partisans. The camp also existed under the RSI regime , with the internees being used for forced labor. At the end of May 1944, the camp was closed and the remaining 60 mostly Jewish prisoners were transferred to Servigliano Marche .

Web links

Commons : Corropoli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Marcella Bongiovanni, Francesca Capra: Simone Samuele Spritzman - un ebreo sopravvissuto ad Auschwitz da Kishinev a Parma . In: Franco Bonilauri, Vicenza Maugeri (ed.): Percorsi di Memorie e Testimonianze: I Personaggi . No. 1 . Museo Ebraico di Bologna / De Luca Editori d'Arte, Bologna 2006, ISBN 88-8016-708-1 , p. 34 .
3. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco: I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Einaudi editore, Torino 2004, pp. 212-213.