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	Due to Italian "amnesia" <ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/10/29/camp_ed3_.php</ref> and their role on the Allied side in the last years of the ], not much is known about this camp outside the borders of the former ]. In ] the ] ] told Italian newspaper ] that the fascist government of ] "never killed anyone" and "Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile" <ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/10/29/camp_ed3_.php</ref>.		Due to Italian "amnesia" <ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/10/29/camp_ed3_.php</ref> and their role on the Allied side in the last years of the ], not much is known about this camp outside the borders of the former ]. In ] the ] ] told Italian newspaper ] that the fascist government of ] "never killed anyone" and "Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile" <ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/10/29/camp_ed3_.php</ref>.

			Its worth noting that the slavs continue to suffer "amensia" about the foibe massacres of Italian civilians, which have been rarely known in Yugoslavia and its current day states.

	Survivors of the camp include ], who went on to be ]'s ambassador at the ] and was ] (1978-80), and Elvira Kohn, who described her experiences at the camp in some detail <ref>http://www.centropa.org/index.php?id=177&page=rdetails&rtype=bio&table=biografien</ref>.		Survivors of the camp include ], who went on to be ]'s ambassador at the ] and was ] (1978-80), and Elvira Kohn, who described her experiences at the camp in some detail <ref>http://www.centropa.org/index.php?id=177&page=rdetails&rtype=bio&table=biografien</ref>.

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The Rab Camp was one of 24 Italian concentration camps during World War II. It opened in July 1942 near the village of Kampor, on the Adriatic island of Rab. The camp was disbanded after the Italian capitulation in September 1943.

It held about 10,000 prisoners housed mostly partisans and guerrilla fighters in tents , with Slovenians and Croats in one area and Jews in another. About 1,200 prisoners died from starvation and inhospitable winter and summer weather conditions. Another 800 prisoners from Rab died later when they were relocated to other Italian concentration camps such as Gonars and Padova. Many prisoners who survived until September 1943 and were still strong enough to do so joined the Partisans and formed the Rab battalion which fought the Nazi German occupying forces.

In 1953, a memorial was built to Edvard Ravnikar's plans - ironically by prisoners of a communist camp from the nearby island of Goli Otok.

Due to Italian "amnesia" and their role on the Allied side in the last years of the World War II, not much is known about this camp outside the borders of the former Yugoslavia. In 2003 the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told Italian newspaper La Voce di Rimini that the fascist government of Benito Mussolini "never killed anyone" and "Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile" .

Its worth noting that the slavs continue to suffer "amensia" about the foibe massacres of Italian civilians, which have been rarely known in Yugoslavia and its current day states.

Survivors of the camp include Anton Vratusa, who went on to be Yugoslavia's ambassador at the United Nations and was Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978-80), and Elvira Kohn, who described her experiences at the camp in some detail .

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