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The Danane concentration camp was an Italian concentration camp established near Mogadishu in Italian East Africa after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. [1] The camp is recorded as having a population of 6,000 people, mostly Ethiopians that resisted the Italian rule in Italian East Africa. [2] Many accounts report that half of the camp's population died from malnutrition, malaria, and other diseases. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Michael R. Ebner. Geoff Simons. Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy. New York, New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2011. P. 261.
  2. ↑ Michael R. Ebner. Geoff Simons. Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy. New York, New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2011. P. 261.
  3. ↑ Michael R. Ebner. Geoff Simons. Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy. New York, New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2011. P. 261.
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