PG 454 Brindisi

Brindisi is the capital of the Province of Brindisi, in the Italian Region of Apulia (also known as Puglia). Many of the shiploads of prisoners from North Africa disembarked at the ports of Brindisi or Taranto.

The camp at Brindisi was about 9 miles (14.5km) west of the port and held mainly Indian prisoners. The prisoners from North Africa were given a preliminary clean-up before being transported to transit camps in the south of Italy.

PM 3450

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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.