Memory and Massacre

This book recounts the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema and examines its after effects. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, SS officers were charged with destroying anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi partisans. Paolo Pezzino not only reconstructs the events, but deals with the "forgetting" of the massacre.

'Memory and Massacre is a brilliant combination of historical reconstruction, analysis and reflection.' - Times Literary Supplement

Auteur
PAOLO PEZZINOProfessor of Contemporary History at the University of Pisa, Italy. His previous publications include Storie di guerra civile: L'eccidio di Niccioleta (2001); Senza Stato: Le radici storiche della crisi (2002); Le mafie (2003); Anatomia di un massacro: Controversia sopra una strage tedesca (2007); Sant'Anna di Stazzema: Storia di una strage (2008); and with Luca Baldissara, Il massacro: Guerra ai civili a Monte Sole (2009).

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This book recounts the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema and examines its after effects. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, SS officers were charged with destroying anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi partisans. Paolo Pezzino not only reconstructs the events, but deals with the "forgetting" of the massacre.

Contenu
The Massacre Investigation of the Massacre Fighting the Armed Bands, the War Against Civilians Judicial Truth and Historical Truth 'Experts in Truth?': The Politics of Retribution in Italy and the Role of Historians