La Spezia

La Spezia (Speza in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf, and capital city of the province of La Spezia. It is one of the major Italian military and commercial...

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...affair. In December 1995, the investigator, Natale de Grazia, a young coastguard captain, died suddenly on a mission to the port of La Spezia. The official cause of death was heart attack, but colleagues suspect that he was poisoned.

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...Special Air Service Regiment (2 SAS), and 32 all ranks were dropped by parachute behind the enemy lines in the Apennines, north of La Spezia. SAS operations were carried out in the knowledge that Hitler had issued an order that all enemy...

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...soldiers were killed. He had already been given a life sentence in absentia in September 2006 by an Italian military tribunal at La Spezia. At the trial in Munich, Scheungraber was charged with responsibility for 14 deaths in the massacre,...

In this article: Second World War, Munich, Arezzo, Poland, and Italy

...Jerusalem office in a statement. Scheungraber was convicted in absentia to life in prison on Sept 28, 2006 by a military tribunal in La Spezia for his part in the Falzano di Cortona massacre. I have read and accepted the terms and...

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...municipal service. Although he was sentenced to life in prison for the Tuscany killings by an Italian military tribunal in La Spezia in September 2006, Scheungraber did not attend that trial as Germany generally does not extradite its...

In this article: Munich, Tuscany, World War II, and Germany

...man also survived the explosion initially but succumbed to his wounds, Massetti told the court. In September 2006 a military court in La Spezia, Italy, tried Scheungraber in absentia over the same crimes and convicted him of complicity in...

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...of evidence. He was sentenced in absentia in September 2006 to life imprisonment by an Italian military tribunal in La Spezia. The La Spezia court has tried several former Nazis in absentia but none has been brought to justice, with...

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...had given the order, but said the defendant told the story "as if it were his decision." In September 2006 a military court in La Spezia, Italy, tried Scheungraber in absentia over the same crimes and convicted him of complicity in murdering...

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...city of Florence, stressed that work of this kind was very difficult because LPG is very fluid. The train, which started from the port of La Spezia, was going to Pisa. Monday's accident was the most serious in Italy since a cargo train and...

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