Credits: Giorgio Uberti
Where are we?
We are at the Museum of the Political Deportee
Designed by the BBPR Studio of Milan in 1973 as the first facility for deportation remembrance, the museum commemorates Jews and political opponents who were interned in the nearby Fossoli camp.
Carpi, about 20 kilometres north of Modena, was one of the active centres of the Resistance. The Fossoli camp was also located there, meaning the town was the starting point of the journey of those being deported from Italy. In addition to Jews, many political prisoners were deported from Carpi station to the Reich concentration camps.
Along with the piazza dedicated to the Martyrs of the Resistance and the former Fossoli camp, the Museum of Political and Racial Deportees is the cultural centre of remembrance in the region. Located in a wing of the historic Palazzo dei Pio, it was designed by the BBPR (Banfi, Belgioioso, Peressutti, Rogers) architectural firm and opened in 1973.
In the courtyard, the names of the European camps are engraved on tall concrete slabs. These were the destinations of the trains carrying deportees. Inside, there is a permanent exhibition featuring works of art, installations, and graffiti. The Hall of Names remembers the prisoners of the Fossoli camp who were deported between autumn 1943 and spring 1945.
Facility or museum: yes
Website: www.fondazionefossoli.org/it/museo.php
Geographic location: Carpi, Emilia-Romagna
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Diario di Fossoli
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(Leopoldo Gasparotto, a cura di Mimmo Franzinelli, Bollati Boringhieri, 2007)
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