After Negron gets his damaged backpack radio working , the soldiers contact headquarters and are told to capture an enemy soldier . A local Italian Partisan group arrives with a young German deserter , Hans Brundt , as their prisoner . Earlier , residents of the nearby village of Sant ' Anna di Stazzema were killed by German forces following a betrayal by a partisan , named Rodolfo , who knows that Brundt can identify him as the traitor . After concealing the fact that German forces are approaching the village in a counterattack , Rodolfo kills Brundt and the Partisan leader before escaping . It is Rodolfo whom Negron will kill 39 years later . Captain Nokes arrives in the village to interrogate Brundt and finds him dead . The Americans prepare to leave the village ahead of a German counterattack , but Sam refuses to leave Angelo behind . After promising to court-martial all four soldiers , Nokes and his contingent drive out of town , but are killed in the opening German offensive
killed by German forces
Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre
Miracle at St. Anna