What the records say
- When
- 1943
- Kind
- Pogrom
- Deaths
- 57
- Coordinates
- 46.10° N, 8.71° E
- Description
- 1943 German massacre of Jews in Italy
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lake Maggiore massacres
1943 German massacre of Jews in Italy
The Lake Maggiore massacres was a set of World War II war crimes that took place near Lake Maggiore, Italy in September and October 1943. Despite strict orders not to commit any violence against civilians in the aftermath of the Italian surrender on 8 September 1943, members of the SS Division Leibstandarte murdered 56 Jews, predominantly Italian and Greek.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “бойня на озере Маджоре в отношении гражданских лиц Италии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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