ARDEATINE PITCHES The entrance to the Ardeatine Caves before the massacre of March 24, 1944. The hostages were forced into the caves alive and killed in small groups; at the end of the atrocious Nazi execution, some mines were detonated, transforming the caves into an enormous mass grave. Only a year later, at the end of the war, the caves were reopened and the bodies exhumed. A mausoleum was built on the site. Italy 1944.

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title: INCOME OF GRAVES ARDEATINE

subject date: 2004-10-14

state: Roma

caption: ARDEATINE PITCHES The entrance to the Ardeatine Caves before the massacre of March 24, 1944. The hostages were forced into the caves alive and killed in small groups; at the end of the atrocious Nazi execution, some mines were detonated, transforming the caves into an enormous mass grave. Only a year later, at the end of the war, the caves were reopened and the bodies exhumed. A mausoleum was built on the site. Italy 1944.

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