1922 Turin massacre

1922 Turin massacre
The plaque remembering the 11 who died was erected in 1946.
LocationTurin
Date18–20 December 1922
TargetCommunists, atheists, secularists, socialists, members of the local labour movement in Turin
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths11 killed; 10 seriously wounded
PerpetratorsFascist squads led by Piero Brandimarte
MotiveAnti-communism

The 1922 Turin massacre refers to the attack by Italian fascists against members of a local labour movement in Turin in Italy. Over three days starting on 18 December and ending on 20 December 1922, at least 11 workers and perhaps as many as 24 were killed in a terror campaign to break the resistance to fascism by the labour movement and working class.[1]

  1. ^ Sonnessa, "The 1922 Turin Massacre (Strage di Torino)", Modern Italy, Volume 10, Issue 2, November 2005, pp. 187-205