Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre
| Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Italian campaign of World War II | |
Massacre memorial sculpture | |
| Location | 43°58′27″N 10°16′25″E / 43.97417°N 10.27361°E Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy |
| Date | 12 August 1944 |
| Target | Civilian villagers and refugees |
Attack type | War crime, massacre, mass shooting, mass murder, terrorism |
| Deaths | ~ 560 (130 were children) |
| Perpetrators | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS, 36th Brigata Nera Benito Mussolini |
The Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre was a German war crime, which was committed in the hill village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany, Italy, in the course of an operation against the Italian resistance movement during the Italian Campaign of World War II. On 12 August 1944, the Waffen-SS, with the help of the Italian paramilitary Black Brigades, murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees, including more than a hundred children, and burned their bodies. These crimes have been defined as voluntary and organized acts of terrorism by the Military Tribunal of La Spezia and the highest Italian court of appeal.