Italian

The MuSa or Museo di Salò (Salò Museum) is a municipal museum which presents the history of the city of Salò. The museum is located within the former Church of Santa Giustina, constructed between 1588 and 1608. Damaged by fighting during the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859, the building was deconsecrated and employed as a school; starting in the 1990s, discussions began on converting the property into a municipal museum. The MuSa was inaugurated and opened to the public in 2015.

The Mausoleo Fosse Ardeatine (Fosse Ardeatine Mausoleum) commemorates the Fosse Ardeatine Massacre: the killing of 335 civilian residents of Rome by German SS forces under the command of German SIPO and SD Chief in Rome, Herbert Kappler on March 24, 1944. The massacre was carried out in retaliation for partisan attacks on German occupation forces, the Polizei Regiment Bozen on March 23, which result in the deaths of 33 German; the following day, German authorities begin rounding up civilians with the goal of executing ten Italians for each German death.

The Monumento Ossario ai Caduti Partigiani (Fallen Partisans Ossuary Monument) is located in Bologna’s Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa (Certosa Memorial Cemetary) and commemorates the names and resting place of more than 500 Italian partisans who were native to Bologna. It was inaugurated on October 31, 1959.

The Monumento au Caduti di Monte Sabbiuno (Mount Sabbiuno Monument to the Fallen) commemorates the execution of at least 53 Italian partisans by German forces, in two groups on December 14 and 23, 1944. The partisans were largely members of the Gruppi di Azione Patriottica (GAP) and the 63a Brigate Bolero from the communities of Anzola, Calderara di Reno, and Amola di Piano, north-east of Bologna; they were captured by anti-partisan forces in the Winter of 1944, and executed.

The Museo e Centro di Documentazione della Deportazione e Resistenza (Museum and Documentation Centre of Deportation and Resistance) in Prato presents the national and local history of resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45, and of internment and deportation by German and fascist authorities. The museum also commemorates the mass execution in Figline of 29 Italian partisans of the Brigata Buricchi by German forces under the command of Major Karl Laqua on September 6, 1944.

The Museo Storico Eccidio di San Terenzo Bardine (San Terenzo Bardine Massacre Historical Museum) commemorates the massacre of 159 local civilians by German forces from August 17-19, 1944. On August 17, forces from the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS were attacked by Italian partisans near the village of Bardine; later that day, German troops under SS Commander Walter Reder began retaliation attacks in the area. The civilian population of San Terenzo Monti including women, children, and the elderly was rounded up and executed.

The Museo Storico della Resistenza di Sant’Anna di Stazzema (Sant’Anna di Stazzema Historical Museum of Resistance) presents documents, photos, and physical artifacts documenting local resistance to German and fascist occupation in 1943-45.

The museum is a permanent physical and multimedia exhibit within Sant’Anna di Stazzema’s National Peace Museum and Park. It was first inaugurated on September 19, 1991, while the current exhibit was created in 2007.