Meina is a '' comune '' ( municipality ) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont , located about northwest of Milan , about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara , on the southern area of Lake Maggiore . During World War II , Meina was the site of the massacre of 16 Italian Jews by German SS soldiers as part of the Lake Maggiore massacres . The event inspired the movie '' Hotel Meina '' , directed in 2007 by Carlo Lizzani
Lake Maggiore massacres
Lake Maggiore massacres
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