▁Italian ▁state , ▁a cade me , ▁and ▁media , ▁re - in vent ing ▁Italy ▁as ▁only ▁a ▁victim ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Naz ism ▁and ▁the ▁post - war ▁Fo ibe ▁mass ac res . ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁suspect s , ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁Italian ▁war ▁crim inals ▁that ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁Greece ▁and ▁Eth iop ia ▁requested ▁an ▁extr ad ition ▁of , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁never ▁saw ▁anything ▁like ▁the ▁N ure m berg ▁trial , ▁because ▁with ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁the ▁British ▁government ▁saw ▁in ▁Pietro ▁Bad og lio , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁on ▁the ▁list , ▁a ▁guarantee ▁of ▁an ▁anti - comm un ist ▁post - war ▁Italy . ▁ ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁ ▁Document s ▁found ▁in ▁British ▁arch ives ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁historian ▁E ff ie ▁Ped ali u ▁and ▁documents ▁found ▁in ▁Italian ▁arch ives ▁by ▁the ▁Italian ▁historian ▁Dav ide ▁Cont i , ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁concentration ▁cam ps ▁and ▁Italian ▁war ▁cr imes ▁committed ▁during ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Civil ▁War ▁had ▁been ▁repr essed ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Cold ▁War . ▁The ▁Province ▁of ▁L jub lj ana ▁in ▁Sloven ia ▁saw ▁the ▁deport ation ▁of ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁which ▁equ aled ▁ 7 . 5 % ▁of ▁its ▁total ▁population . ▁The ▁operation , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁dr astic ▁in ▁Europe ,