Speaking of Communists....also according to Wikipedia, most of the victims of this massacre were Communist partisans. No doubt some innocents were killed as well. But this was war. I don’t think a death sentence would have been approriate here.....anymore than I would not have supported a death sentence for Lt. Calley.
you are quite right, sir:
The partisan attack was led by the GAP Gruppi di Azione Partigiana and resulted in the deaths of 33 German soldiers.
In retaliation, the largest cohesive group among those executed were the members of Bandiera Rossa (Red Flag), a non-mainstream communist (Trotskyist) military resistance group