Thanks so much, ptimber, I'm so glad to find more news about what happened when captured partisans were liberated. Unfortunately, nothing on a name search, but this is interesting.

Thanks so much, ptimber, I'm so glad to find more news about what happened when captured partisans were liberated. Unfortunately, nothing on a name search, but this is interesting.

I found a WWII term, "nazi lager." Lager usually means light beer to Americans, but this term refers to a Nazi labor or concentration camp:

laager -
bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment (online dictionary)

I discovered WWII Italians were confined at Bologna and Venice.
POW info:
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Still used, 'elmi' is the word for 'helmet.' As a name, it's from Helmut and Wilhelm (also, William of Orange at the time of the Norman Conquest), or in Italian, ' Guglielmo .' (meaning Resolute, Will, Desire) + (Helmet, Protector, Guardian)


Source listed below:

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Peter and suanj gave me the info below.

Central & North Italy (517 Elmi focused in region Emilia Romagna)
The surname i found in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Croatia, and Camugnano (province Bologna, region Emilia Romagna). Elmi nobles in Montefalco (province Perugia, region Umbria). Costanza (town?)