PG 75 Torre Tresca

Torre Tresca, Bari is in the Italian region of Apulia (Puglia).

PM 3450

Transit camp, one work camp located nearby.

According to the Royal Army General Staff, Prisoner of War Office, PG 75 was operational from May 1941. International prisoners as at 31st December 1942: 216 officers and 2209 troops.  As at 31st March 1943: 33 officers and 634 troops.

There is more information about this camp from these links:

https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1Epi-c3-WH2-1Epi-i.html

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Pris-_N78986.html

Images of prisoners on this link:

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=362

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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.