Marzabotto massacre

Marzabotto massacre
Remains of the church of San Martino di Monte Sole
Location	Marzabotto, Italy
Date	29 September – 5 October 1944
Target	Italian civilians
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	~ 770
Perpetrators	16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS

The Marzabotto massacre, or more correctly, the massacre of Monte Sole, was a World War II war crime consisting of the mass murder of at least 770 civilians by Nazi troops, which took place in the territory around the small village of Marzabotto, in the mountainous area south of Bologna. It was the largest massacre of civilians committed by the Waffen SS in western Europe during the war.^[1] It is also the deadliest mass shooting in the history of Italy.