Italian soldier’s family wins €82,000 for Nazi camp suffering after 80 years

Eight decades later, justice arrives for a soldier’s horrors in Mauthausen and Stalag XVII. His family’s fight exposes wartime wounds still unhealed.

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2025 November 28 . 3:13 PM

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Italian soldier’s family wins €82,000 for Nazi camp suffering after 80 years

A court in Rome has awarded €82,000 in compensation to the family of an Italian soldier imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The ruling recognised the extreme suffering endured by Dino 'Pozzato', who was captured in Albania shortly after Italy's 1943 armistice with the Allies. Dino Pozzato was taken prisoner on 12 September 1943, following Italy's surrender to the Allies. Over the next 632 days, he was held in brutal conditions across multiple camps, including a subcamp of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, Stalag XVII, and Holzhausen. The compensation follows a legal decision that held Germany accountable for the soldier's prolonged mistreatment. Pozzato's family received the sum as recognition of the severe hardships he faced during and after his captivity.