Italy marks 81 years since the Marzabotto Massacre

Mattarella marks 81st anniversary of Marzabotto massacre

President Sergio Mattarella on Monday marked the 81st anniversary of the Italy's worst WWII atrocity, in the area of the village of Marzabotto, south of Bologna, where up to 1,830 civilians were killed by the Waffen SS in 1944. (ANSA)

Italy marks 81 years since the Marzabotto Massacre

Nazi troops killed at least 770 Italian civilians at Monte Sole. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella on Monday recalled the victims of the Marzabotto Massacre, the largest mass killing of civilians committed by the Nazis in western Europe during world war two. Between 29 September and 5 October 1944, Waffen SS troops killed at least 770 Italian civilians - mostly women, children and the elderly - in the Monte Sole area in the Appenines near Bolo…