Italy marks 82nd anniversary of Ardeatine massacre

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 24 - Italy on Tuesday marked the 82nd anniversary of the Ardeatine Caves massacre in Rome by the Nazis during World War II. On March 24, 1944, 335 Italians were executed by Nazi officers in caves in the outskirts of the capital in a reprisal for a Partisan attack that killed 33 German soldiers in central Rome. In retaliation, for every one German killed, the army seized 10 Italians, including civilians as well as numerous political prisoners and Jews who were in custody, pl...

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