President Sergio Mattarella on
Wednesday marked the 76th anniversary of the World War II Nazi
massacre in the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
On August 12, 1944, 560 unarmed people were murdered, including
130 children.
"76 years ago the town of Stazzema was the theatre of the most
inhuman of outrages, the slaughter of hundreds and hundreds of
defenceless civilians," the head of State said in a message.
"It was one of the most heinous massacres carried out in our
country during the Nazi occupation for the shocking number of
victims, for the cruelty with which the SS men abused the
lifeless bodies, for the mockery of the blaze on Piazza di
Sant'Anna".
The president added that people should "not ignore the
regurgitation of intolerance, of racial hatred, of fanaticism
that is manifest in our society and around the world".
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