Don Pietro Brignoli and his Shot-Down Soldiers Cover Image

Don Pietro Brignoli in njegovi ustreljenci
Don Pietro Brignoli and his Shot-Down Soldiers

Author(s): Tone Ferenc
Subject(s): Civil Society, Military history, Political history, Social history, Victimology, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Don Pietro Brignoli; Italian offensive; 1942; The Second World War; captured civilians; captured partisans; victims;

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of widely collected sources and the book Santa messa i miei fucilati, written by the Italian priest Don Pietro Brignoli, the author identifies the names of places where, during a great Italian offensive, in summer 1942, the 2nd Regiment of the 21st Infantry Division, also known as "Granatieri di Sardegna", shot more than ninety captured civilians and partisans. The names of the victims are also quoted.

  • Issue Year: 36/1996
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 133-147
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovenian