View asset onlyMonument of the Ardeatine massacre / Photo, 2015Second World War / Italy / Ardeatine massacre.Monument of the Ardeatine massacre (architects Giuseppe Perugini, Mario Fiorentino), inaugurated on March 24, 1949, completed in 1951 (bronze portals by Mirko Basaldella).On March 24, 1944, 335 Italian civilians, including 75 Jews, were executed by a German command in retaliation for an Italian resistance attack on a South Tyrolean company of a battalion of the "Bozen"- Police Regiment of the German occupation, the previous day in Via Rasella in Rome, with 33 victims.The massacre was committed in the Ardeatine Caves, natural cave passages on Via Ardeatina south of Rome. The monument was set up next to the caves.IdentifierAKG8201399SourceAndrea JemoloCredit lineAndrea Jemolo / akg-imagesEvent date1944Image date2015TopicARDEATINE MASSACREMASS EXECUTIONMASS MURDERMEMORIAL (MONUMENT)MEMORIAL (PLACE)NATIONAL SOCIALISM ; NAZISMPUNISHMENTS IMPOSED UNDER MILITARY JURISDICTIONSECOND WORLD WAR ; WORLD WAR TWOGeographyITALYROMEPersonALBERT KESSELRINGALFRED JODLEBERHARD VON MACKENSENERICH PRIEBKEHERBERT KAPPLERKARL HASSSize5000px × 3657px (52 MB) 42.3 cm × 30.9 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats5000px × 3657px (52 MB) TIFF42.3 cm × 31.0 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownloadRelated Selections:
