11 June 1940In Italy, it is decided that all ‘suspected gypsies’, especially those without Italian citizenship, can be transferred to a concentration camp (campo di concentramento) on the recommendation of the prefect.
1941
16 August 1941Between this date and 24 August 1941, all Sinti and Roma are transferred from the Bojano concentration camp (campo di concentramento) in Italy to the Agnone camp.
1943
12 September 1943After the fall of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Germany places former Italian provinces under military administration. South Tyrol, Trentino and Belluno are administered as ‘Operational Zone Alpine Foreland’, the provinces of Udine, Gorizia, Trieste, Pula and Fiume as ‘Operational Zone Adriatic Coast’.
23 September 1943In northern Italy, following the announcement of the armistice and the liberation of Mussolini by German paratroopers, the Repubblica Sociale Italiana (Italian Social Republic) is founded, a fascist puppet state under the protection of Germany.
2013
27 January 2013Sinti and Roma associations erect memorial plaques on the sites of the former concentration camps (campo di concentramento) in Tossicia and Agnone, Italy.
