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The Marzabotto massacre was a World War II massacre that took place in the small Italian town of Marzabotto. Between September 29 and October 5, 1944, soldiers of 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS led by Sturmbannführer Walter Reder killed 955 people in the territory of Marzabotto, Monzuno and Grizzana , in the largest civilian massacre perpetrated by Nazis in Western Europe.Among the victims, 45 were less than 2 years old, 110 less than 10 years old, 95 less than 16 years old; 142 were more than 60 years old, 316 were females, 5 were priests.
Other examples of atrocities committed by German troops include the Soviet village of KortelisyKortelisy is a village in Ukraine which was completely destroyed on September 23 1942 by Germany during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. The entire population of 2,892 was killed. The village has since been rebuilt. This was not (now UkraineUkraine Ukrayina in Ukrainian; in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west and Romania and Moldova to the west and), the CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repun village of LidiceLidice is a village in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) that was completely eradicated by the Nazis during World War II. On May 29, 1942, the deputy chief of the Gestapo, Reinhard Heydrich, was on his way to Prague in his capacity as Protector of Bohem (now Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic ( Czech: Ceska republika is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Historic Prague, a major tourist attraction), the FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. village of Oradour-sur-GlaneOradour-sur-Glane was a village in the Limousin region of Vichy France that came under direct German control in 1942. Its name has become infamous, because of its destruction in 1944 when almost all of its inhabitants men, women, and children were slaught and the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
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