Ospedale PG 206 Nocera Inferiore

Nocera Inferiore, also called Nocera dei Pagini, is a comune in the province of Salerno, Italian region of Campania in Southern Italy. It lies about 12 miles (20km) southeast of Naples.

The hospital came under the territorial jurisdiction of Naples. International prisoners at 31st March 1943: 15 officers and 132 troops.

PM 3400

Note: Ospedale PG (prigionieri di guerra) translates to “hospital for prisoners of war”.

According to Italian camp lists, all prisoner of war camps and hospitals were allocated an “agreed camp number”. The hospitals were not camps in the normal sense of the word. Some were civilian hospitals which were instructed to adapt a sector of the hospital for prisoners of war. These instructions, issued by the Royal Army General Staff, Prisoner of War Office, were part of the general criteria for the organisation of all hospitals for prisoners of war in Italy. Hospital facilities throughout Italy were also known to be located in other establishments such as a monastery, convent, school and almshouse. Nocera was one of the special hospitals set up for prisoners of war at some point after July 1942. We have no details about the type of establishment.

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.