Marzabotto massacre
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The Marzabotto massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Nazi German troops systematically killed hundreds of Italian civilians near Bologna in 1944, making it one of the worst massacres in Western Europe during the war.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marzabotto massacre canonical | 4 |
| Marzabotto killings | 1 |
| Monte Sole massacre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2221376 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marzabotto massacre Context triple: [Italian Civil War, significantEvent, Marzabotto massacre]
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A.
Bava Beccaris massacre
The Bava Beccaris massacre was an 1898 incident in Milan in which government troops, under General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, violently suppressed popular protests over rising bread prices, killing and wounding hundreds and provoking widespread outrage against the Italian monarchy.
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B.
Fosse Ardeatine massacre
The Fosse Ardeatine massacre was a World War II Nazi war crime in Rome in March 1944, in which German occupation forces executed 335 Italian civilians and political prisoners in reprisal for a partisan attack.
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C.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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D.
Račak massacre
The Račak massacre was a 1999 killing of ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Račak in Kosovo by Serbian security forces, widely seen as a pivotal atrocity that galvanized international support for NATO intervention.
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E.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marzabotto massacre Target entity description: The Marzabotto massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Nazi German troops systematically killed hundreds of Italian civilians near Bologna in 1944, making it one of the worst massacres in Western Europe during the war.
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A.
Bava Beccaris massacre
The Bava Beccaris massacre was an 1898 incident in Milan in which government troops, under General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, violently suppressed popular protests over rising bread prices, killing and wounding hundreds and provoking widespread outrage against the Italian monarchy.
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B.
Fosse Ardeatine massacre
The Fosse Ardeatine massacre was a World War II Nazi war crime in Rome in March 1944, in which German occupation forces executed 335 Italian civilians and political prisoners in reprisal for a partisan attack.
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C.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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D.
Račak massacre
The Račak massacre was a 1999 killing of ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Račak in Kosovo by Serbian security forces, widely seen as a pivotal atrocity that galvanized international support for NATO intervention.
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E.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi war crime
ⓘ
World War II atrocity ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath | post-war trials of SS officers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Marzabotto massacre
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surface form:
Marzabotto killings
Marzabotto massacre ⓘ
surface form:
Monte Sole massacre
|
| commandedBy | Walter Reder ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Italy ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfEvent | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| endDate | 1944-10-05 ⓘ |
| hasCause | anti-partisan operations by Nazi German forces ⓘ |
| legalClassification | crime against humanity ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Emilia-Romagna
ⓘ
province of Bologna ⓘ
surface form:
Province of Bologna
|
| location |
Marzabotto
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Monte Sole ⓘ |
| memorial | Monte Sole Historical Park ⓘ |
| method |
burning of houses
ⓘ
destruction of villages ⓘ mass shooting ⓘ |
| motive | reprisal against Italian partisans ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the worst massacres in Western Europe during World War II ⓘ |
| notablePerpetrator | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 770
ⓘ
over 700 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Italian Resistance
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian partisans
|
| partOf | Nazi reprisals against partisans in Italy ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ |
| perpetratorUnit | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS ⓘ |
| region |
Tuscan-Romagnol Apennines
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Apennines
|
| rememberedFor |
brutality of Nazi reprisals in Italy
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scale of civilian casualties ⓘ |
| result | destruction of several villages around Monte Sole ⓘ |
| startDate | 1944-09-29 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
October 1944
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September 1944 ⓘ |
| victim |
Italian civilians
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children ⓘ elderly people ⓘ women ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Marzabotto massacre Description of subject: The Marzabotto massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Nazi German troops systematically killed hundreds of Italian civilians near Bologna in 1944, making it one of the worst massacres in Western Europe during the war.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marzabotto killings
this entity surface form:
Monte Sole massacre