Verona, located on the Adige River in northern Italy, is 168 kilometers (104 miles) east of Milan. The establishment of a camp for Jews at Verona followed the promulgation of Police Order No. 5, issued on November 30, 1943, by Interior Minister Guido Buffarini Guidi of the Italian Social Republic (Repubblica sociale italiana, RSI); it directed the creation of “provincial concentration camps” for Jews in all parts of the RSI.1 According to historian Liliana Picciotto, the Verona camp was located on Pallone Street.2 The most detailed document about this camp found to date is a dossier of the 40th Legion of the local National Republican Guard (Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana, Gnr), dated December 5, 1943.3 It stated the need to “set up a guard for the concentration camp for Jews” on the basis of the provisions given by the head of the province, as well as per various agreements reached between him and the “German command.” The order further stipulated the following: Available force: (1)...