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Why the Maxi-Trial for War Criminals Was Never Held

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The historical situation in Italy between 1943 and 1945—to a certain extent, even up to the attainment of the Republic on June 2, 1946—remains one of the most complex in the European context, during World War II and the transition to the postwar order.

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Battini, M. (2007). Why the Maxi-Trial for War Criminals Was Never Held. In: Pugliese, S.G. (eds) The Missing Italian Nuremberg. Italian and Italian American Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607453_4

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