Italy marks 81 years since Sant’Anna di Stazzema Massacre

Stazzema 'horror' spur to reject violence says Mattarella

The Nazi WWII massacre in the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a spur to reject violence, President Sergio Mattarella said in marking the 81st anniversary of one of Italy's worst Second World War atrocities on Tuesday. (ANSA)

Italy marks 81 years since Sant’Anna di Stazzema Massacre

Nazi war crime occurred on 12 August 1944. Italy on Tuesday marks the 81st anniversary of the Nazi massacre of 560 unarmed civilians, including around 130 children, in the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany. The mass killing on 12 August 1944 - one of the worst civilian massacres in western Europe during world war two - was carried out by Waffen-SS troops as they retreated, with the help of Italian fascists disguised in German uniforms.…