The Montalbano camp, also called Rovezzano or MontalbanoRovezzano, was located in the Florence communal area. It was in the locality of Sant’Andrea in Rovezzano, an isolated area six kilometers (almost four miles) northeast of Florence and three kilometers (nearly two miles) west of the Compiobbi train station. It took its name from the Montalbano Castle (Firenza province), a private villa in which the camp was established in June 1940. The camp had an assigned occupancy of 100 beds. However, in reality the number of internees often exceeded that number by about 50 people. The building’s first and second floors consisted of some 20 rooms of various dimensions, and two small apartments with separate entrances housed the family of the custodian and one other family in the service of the house owners. Although the rental agreement was signed on June 17, 1940, and the facility was declared operational by the end of the same month, the first internees, who were classified as “dangerous I...