VITTIME E CARNEFICI. L’esperienza dei recenti processi penali militari sui crimini nazisti in Italia

Abstract

Victims and executioners. The experience of the recent
military trials on Nazi crimes in Italy

Marco De Paolis was the prosecutor in many criminal trials
for the Nazi massacres in Italy, such as the ones in Sant’Anna di
Stazzema and Marzabotto. In this essay, he recalls the juridical
problems faced during this extraordinary work. The analysis focuses
on the delicate relationship between politics and history in
the background of Nazi massacres in Italy and reconstructs the defense strategies presented by the Nazi war criminals. Moreover, the essay also traces the diffi culties met during the trials in order to identify the criminals and to condemn them.