Gonars

Gonars is a town with approx. 4600 inhabitants near Palmanova in the Province of Udine in northeastern Italy.

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On February 23, 1942 the fascist regime established a concentration camp in the town, mostly for prisoners from present day Slovenia and Croatia. The first transport of 5343 internees (1643 of whom were children) arrived two days later from the Province of Ljubljana and from the Rab camp and the camp in Monigo near Treviso.

Palmanova: Palmanova () is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. It is located 20 km from Udine, 28 km from Gorizia and 55 km from Trieste near the junction of the Autostrada Alpe-Adria (A23) and the Autostrada Venezia-Trieste (A4)....

Udine: Udine (Friulian Udin, Slovene Videm) is a town in the north-east of Italy, situated inland between Trieste and Venice, the second most important city (after Trieste), situated between the Gulf and the South-Eastern Alps, in the region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Population was 96,593 in 2005. Geographica...

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...