Fossoli
Sign in to saveFossoli () is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Carpi, a city and municipality of the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is infamous for the eponymous concentration camp and has a population of about 4400.
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- Frazione.name
- Fossoli
- Frazione.image_skyline
- 3 Panorama oasi.jpg
- Frazione.image_caption
- View of the nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca"
- Frazione.image_map
- Fossoli (OpenStreetMap).png
- Frazione.map_caption
- OSM map of Fossoli also indicating the concentration camp and the nature reserve's entrance (both in the upper right corner)
- Frazione.province
- Modena (MO)
- Frazione.comune
- Carpi
- Frazione.elevation_m
- 22
- Frazione.area_total_km2
- 22.10
- Frazione.population_total
- 4,404
- Frazione.population_as_of
- 2016
- Frazione.gentilic
- Fossolesi
- Frazione.postal_code
- 41012
- Frazione.area_code
- (+39) 059
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- Demonym
- Fossolesi
- Dialing code
- 059
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- Fossoli
- postal code
- 41012
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Fossoli () is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Carpi, a city and municipality of the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is infamous for the eponymous concentration camp and has a population of about 4400.
==History== Born as a rural village, Fossoli sadly became infamous during World War II, for the concentration camp located near the settlement. Created in 1942 as a Prisoner of War (PoW) camp, in 1943 it became a concentration camp for Jews, during the Italian Social Republic.
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