Between 29 September and 5 October 1944 , Waffen SS troops carried out near Bologna a mass killing of Italian civilians remembered as the Marzabotto massacre . The number of deaths is estimated to have been 770 . Fornasini 's brother priest Don was among the first victims , murdered in Marzabotto on 29 September
Marzabotto massacre
Marzabotto massacre
Giovanni Fornasini