Italy remembers the Fosse Ardeatine massacre

On 24 March 1944 the SS had shot 335 civilians in the Ardeatian Caves near Rome in retaliation for an attack on the German occupation troops.

Italy remembers Ardeatine Caves massacre on 81st anniversary - General News

Italy on Monday marked the 81th anniversary of the Ardeatine Caves massacre by the Nazis during World War II. On March 24, 1944, 335 Italians were executed by Nazi officers in a reprisal for a Partisan attack that killed 33 German soldiers in central Rome. (ANSA)

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Photo Wikipedia For decades, fascists (but also the bourgeois anti-communist press) have tried to shift the blame for the Fosse Ardeatine massacre onto the men and women of the Roman Resistance who attacked the Nazi occupation troops in Via Rasella. Tons of mud have been thrown at these heroic communist partisans, accusing them of not having surrendered, thus avoiding the massacre. This was a blatant lie, given that the Nazis made the massacre p…

Rome, 24 Mar (Latin Press) The president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, today led the national ceremony in remembrance of the massacre of the Ardeatina Fosas, 81 years ago in this capital, in which Nazi troops executed 335 people. The post Commemorating in Italy anniversary of the massacre of the Ardeatina Fosas first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

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