Survivors recount Nazi massacre at Sant’Anna di Stazzema
12 August 2019 |
3:52 pm
Nazi German soldiers murdered hundreds of innocent civilians in an Italian mountain village 75 years ago. Those who lived want the massacre to serve as a warning for the future.
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