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Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy

Miracle at St. Anna — Italy

Scene

Spike Lee's 2008 film set against the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema — Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division encounter a Nazi atrocity in a Tuscan village while fighting in the Italian campaign.

History

On 12 August 1944, SS troops massacred 560 civilians at Sant'Anna di Stazzema as a reprisal against partisans — the victims included 130 children. The 92nd Infantry Division ('Buffalo Soldiers') was the only Black American combat division in the European theatre. Despite fighting with distinction, they faced both enemy fire and racial discrimination from their own army.

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