Vincenzo Pappalettera
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Vincenzo Pappalettera was an Italian
writer and historian, notable for his first-hand account of his imprisonment in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
during the years of World War II
.
He was born to a renowned family of Puglia. As a young anti-fascist and member of the Italian resistance against the German occupation of Northern Italy, in 1943 he was arrested and sent to the infamous Mauthausen-Gusen camp complex. Although his stay in the camp was relatively short as compared to other inmates of other nationalities, his account of the imprisonment was among the first books on the topic written in Italian - and was widely acclaimed one of the best by the Italian critics.
After the war, Pappalettera continued his historical studies and focused on the history of the war-time German concentration camps, both as a historical and sociological phenomenon.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
writer and historian, notable for his first-hand account of his imprisonment in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly east of the city of Linz.Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the...
during the years of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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He was born to a renowned family of Puglia. As a young anti-fascist and member of the Italian resistance against the German occupation of Northern Italy, in 1943 he was arrested and sent to the infamous Mauthausen-Gusen camp complex. Although his stay in the camp was relatively short as compared to other inmates of other nationalities, his account of the imprisonment was among the first books on the topic written in Italian - and was widely acclaimed one of the best by the Italian critics.
After the war, Pappalettera continued his historical studies and focused on the history of the war-time German concentration camps, both as a historical and sociological phenomenon.
Works
- Tu passerai per il camino (You Are Going Through the Chimney)
- Ritorno alla vita (Return to Life)
- Nei lager c’ero anch’io
- La parola agli aguzzini, an extensive study of the Nuremberg Trial.