An appeals court in the Abruzzo city
of L'Aquila on Monday ruled that Germany must pay four million
euros in compensation to 30 relatives of victims of the World
War II massacre of Pietransieri.
The court sentenced the Federal Republic of Germany, the German
foreign ministry to pay the sum to relatives who had not been
previously compensated for the massacre.
The ruling followed the supreme Court of Cassation's decision
that compensation could be paid to victims' relatives
individually and not necessarily as part of a class action suit.
Overall, compensation paid to victims' families including
previous cases totals 15 million euros.
The sum will be paid over the coming months as part funding for
Nazi crimes of the European Union's post-COVID Recovery Fund for
its National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
A total of 128 civilians were killed on November 21, 1943 in the
woods of Limmari by Nazi troops who suspected they supported
partisan fighters.
The victims in Pietransieri included 60 women, 34 children under
the age of 10 and many elderly men and women.
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