On 12 August 1944 the Waffen-SS, with the help of Italian Fascist quislings, murdered 560 civilians, including 130 children and minors, and burned their bodies in the hill village of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, in Tuscany, Italy. The youngest victim, Anna Pardini, was 20 days old. [493×375]
![On 12 August 1944 the Waffen-SS, with the help of Italian Fascist quislings, murdered 560 civilians, including 130 children and minors, and burned their bodies in the hill village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema, in Tuscany, Italy. The youngest victim, Anna Pardini, was 20 days old. [493×375]](https://i.redd.it/6lct1misilg51.jpg)
TallBlueEye
Why were they murdered?