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10th October 1945
POW Camps in North Africa

POW camps in north africa

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POW camps in north africa

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Italian Red Cross letter-sheet correspondence sent from Milan to a POW at Camp 211, Algeria. Ref: 10.10.1945


British POW Camps in North Africa

 

CAMP 211. The Cap Matifou internment camp, also known as Camp 211, built by the Allies near the village Rouïba, Algeria. Luigi Sitia, deported to the Algerian camp, wrote in his book 'Stand at attention, bastard!' that, 'Upon entering the camp, a nasty surprise awaited us: truculent-looking English soldiers searched us, taking away every personal thing: watches, rings, money and documents, even pens and pencils… and finally we were thrown into eight-person tents, at least that's what I seem to remember. The next day, in groups of about twenty, we presented ourselves in front of the command barrack of the Camp and received our personal equipment: mosquito net, two blankets, English uniform with POW stamped in large letters on the back of the jacket and a piece of paper with our name and surname, rank, date of birth...' (Luigi Sitia, 'Stand at attention, bastard!', Grego & Grego publishers, 1992)

 

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