Memorial Victims Nazi-Fascists Dronero

In Caffè Torinese there is a marble memorial plaque with black-colored engravings, placed by the municipal council as an eternal reminder of the citizens shot by the Nazi fascists on January 2, 1944:

"Here on January 2, 1944
shot by the Nazi fascists"

Arnaudo Costantino - Migliore Lorenzo
Arnaudo Antonio - Ricciardi Giovanni
Arnaudo Paolo - Rinaudo Chiaffredo
Lombardo Giuseppe - Torrione Giovanni Battista

The People's Junta
In memory"

On the night of December 30 to 31, '43, some partisans killed Oreste Millone, pharmacist and secretary of the Dronero fascio Oreste Millone, and his partner, Anna Albenga.
Two days later the SS hit back hard: they surrounded the town of Dronero with 400 men and two armored cars, they set fire to the Piedmontese town, burned several buildings and killed eight hostages (of which only four were partisans) under the wings of the theater. who had been randomly arrested on the city streets

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck