PG 17 Rezzanello

Rezzanello is a hamlet in the municipality of Gazzola, province of Piacenza, Italian region Emilia-Romagna.

PM 3200

According to camp lists from the Royal Army General Staff, Prisoner of War Office, the camp was operational from June 1941. It came under the territorial jurisdiction of Milan. International prisoners as at 31st December 1942: 138 officers. As at 31st March 1943: 151 officers.

View images of the camp and prisoners here:

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=334

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PG abbreviation

The full title is ‘Campo Concentramento di Prigioniere di Guerra’ (prisoner of war concentration camp). They were not concentration camps in the normal sense of the word. Camps were normally prefixed PG, but could be referred to as CC, Campo or Campo PG. The exception was the 2 Dulags and 1 Stalag within Italy, which were German controlled transit centres for POWs being transferred to Germany. The camps were originally known by their place names, and numbers were not introduced until early 1942. There are some camps with no numbers, perhaps they closed before early 1942?

PM abbreviation

Camps in Italy were divided into postal areas, each area designated ‘PM [number]’. PM translates to ‘Posta Militare’, meaning ‘military mail’. The number indicated the central postal reception area for the camps’ mail.