Museo dell'Internamento
Museum in Padua dedicated to the Italian Military Internees (Internati Militari Italiani) deported to Nazi camps after 8 September 1943, annexed to the Tempio dell'Internato Ignoto.
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About the museum
The Museo storico dell'internamento was inaugurated on 4 September 1955, at the end of the consecration ceremony of the temple, which has since been dedicated to the Unknown Internee (Internato Ignoto). The temple, described as the “second Altare della Patria” (second Altar of the Fatherland), holds the remains of the Unknown Internee, who was posthumously awarded the Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare (Gold Medal of Military Valour). The museum arose from the wish of former internees to preserve testimonies and pass on their memory.
The four small rooms are accessed from inside the church and hold documents, objects, photographs and testimonies on the experience of the Italian Military Internees: over six hundred thousand soldiers deported to German prisoner-of-war camps after the armistice of 8 September 1943 for refusing to join the Nazi-Fascist regime. The route also places this in its historical context, from the rise of totalitarianism to the Second World War, and recounts individual stories such as that of Don Giovanni Fortin.
The museum is run by the Federazione ANEI Padova and is recognised by the Veneto Region as a cultural institute. It is part of the Cittadella della Memoria, together with the Tempio and the nearby Giardino dei Giusti nel mondo, a symbolic space dedicated to those who opposed violence.
Key themes
- Rooms with documents, objects and photographs of the Italian Military Internees
- Tempio nazionale dell'Internato Ignoto with the remains of the Unknown Internee
- Testimonies and individual stories such as that of Don Giovanni Fortin
- Giardino dei Giusti nel mondo
- Guided tours by reservation
Permanent exhibition
- Museo dell'Internamento – Four small rooms accessed from inside the church present documents, objects, photographs and testimonies on the Italian Military Internees in Nazi camps.
- Founded
- 1955
- Operated by
- Federazione ANEI Padova
- Visitors per year
- approx. 5,700
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours by reservation, including for groups, with a booking form downloadable from the website or by WhatsApp message to +39 333 680 9463. The museum also holds documentation available for historical research. |
