 Despite the difficult living conditions, Slovenian prisoners organized a choir, chess tournaments and even the publication of a newspaper, "Novice izza žice" (news from behind the barbed wire).Just after the Armistice was declared, Italian personnel was in a state of complete disarray due to lack of clear orders.Soldiers were either captured by the Germans and deported as POW out of Italy, enlisted in the new Republican Army or forced into joining other German units.