Museum

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 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. 

The Museo della Liberazione di Lucca (Musuem of the Libeation of Lucca) presents the history of the Second World War in Lucca, resistance to German and fascist occupation, and the Liberation of Lucca: it displays military weapons and equipment, uniforms, written and photographic records, and oral testimonies which record local experiences.

The Biblioteca e Museo Virtuale dell’Antifascismo e della Resistenza della Provincia di Arezzo (Province of Arezzo Library and Virtual Museum of Reistance and Antifascism) in Sansepolcro documents the local history of antifascism, war, and resistance to German and fascist occupation in 1943-45. Local documents are catalogued and digitized to be made available online; records include lists of local and foreign partisans who fought in the region.

The Museo della Lina Gotica Orientale (Museum of the Eastern Gothic Line) in Montescudo presents the history of fighting on the eastern Gothic Line, the German line of fortifications established along the northern Apennine Mountains to oppose the Allied advance in 1944-45. It is located inside the preserved remains of the Church of Trivari, which was employed as a fortification and damaged in an engagement between German and British forces from September 12-16, 1944, during the Second Battle of Coriano.

The Museo della Battaglia del Senio (Battle of Senio Museum) in Alfosine presents the history of the local Battle of Senio, which occurred in April 1945 between advancing Allied and defending German forces on the Senio River. Following the collapse of the Gothic Line, German forces established defensive positions along the Senio River. Allied attacks on these positions began in the first days of April, and were successful; Alfosine was liberated on April 10.