Do your texts even mention the Ardeatine Massacre? On March 24, 1944, just outside of Rome, German troops murdered 335 Italians in a cave, in revenge for an attack on a column of German troops by an Italian resistance group that killed 31 German soldiers.
A Quantum Diaries Survivor wrote last year about the settling of a journalism controversy over the events. I wrote more. This year a blog tightly focused on executions — ExecutedToday.com — marks the actual anniversary.
I went to school at a time that facts were still emphasized… but I never studies this. In fact, I don’t recall studying WWII. No problem, mostly, since I read much about modern European history on my own, but I missed the Ardeatine massacre.
Jonathan
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