Unpunished Massacre in Italy: How Postwar Germany Let War Criminals Go Free - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International Roxy
As wrote on Der Spiegel, Italian government first preferred not to prosecute German War Criminal. The Fosse Ardeatine massacre was an all Italian dirty affair. If you look at the victim list you can discover that there are a great number of former Italian armed forces Officers wich belong to Badogliani resistance group. Consider that GAP (Gruppi Azione Proletaria) was not part of CLN but was a small Communist Party Unit and you can argue why an useless attack like that of via Rasella occours. Also consider that it is the only case of deported Jews used as hostages for retaliation. We already had the scapegoat Priebke,who missed the accounts of victims, and that was enough. Instead we gave the gold medal to the bombers . http://www.ilmessaggero.it/PRIMOPIANO/CRONACA/fosse_ardeatine_eccidio_vittime_335/notizie/338345.shtml