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Multivoiced retelling of a harrowing Nazi massacre.

This book would capture you with its poignant recollection of a tragic historical event, offering you a mosaic of personal narratives that not only document a massacre but also encapsulate the resilience of the human spirit. It’s an enlightening journey through the collective memory of Rome, revealing the complexities of war and its aftermath on individuals and society. If you have a profound interest in history told through the raw, real voices of those who lived it, this text will move you deeply.

  • Oral History Association Book Award (2005)
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The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome

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ISBN: 9781403980083
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication: 2007-05-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics
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On March 24, 1944, Nazi occupation forces in Rome killed 335 unarmed civilians in retaliation for a partisan attack the day before. Alessandro Portelli has crafted an eloquent, multi-voiced oral history of the massacre, of its background and its aftermath. The moving stories of the victims, the women and children who survived and carried on, the partisans who fought the Nazis, and the common people who lived through the tragedies of the war together paint a many-hued portrait of one of the world's most richly historical cities. The Order Has Been Carried Out powerfully relates the struggles for freedom under Fascism and Nazism, the battles for memory in post-war democracy, and the meanings of death and grief in modern society.
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Multivoiced retelling of a harrowing Nazi massacre.

This book would capture you with its poignant recollection of a tragic historical event, offering you a mosaic of personal narratives that not only document a massacre but also encapsulate the resilience of the human spirit. It’s an enlightening journey through the collective memory of Rome, revealing the complexities of war and its aftermath on individuals and society. If you have a profound interest in history told through the raw, real voices of those who lived it, this text will move you deeply.

  • Oral History Association Book Award (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.