Padule di Fucecchio massacre

When

23 Aug 1944

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

174

Coordinates

43.80° N, 10.80° E

Description

German war crime in Italy during WW II

1944 war crime in Italy

The Padule di Fucecchio massacre was the murder of at least 174 Italian civilians, carried out by the 26th Panzer Division at Padule di Fucecchio, a large wetland north of Fucecchio, Tuscany, on 23 August 1944. After the war, the commander of the 26th Panzer Division was sentenced for war crimes, but the men who carried out the massacre were not convicted until 2011 and none served any jail time.

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