▁necessity ▁knew ▁no ▁choice , ▁and ▁law ▁required ▁only ▁lip ▁service . ▁Ro atta ' s ▁mer cil ess ▁supp ression ▁of ▁part isan ▁ins ur gency ▁was ▁not ▁mit ig ated ▁by ▁his ▁having ▁saved ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁both ▁Ser bs ▁and ▁Jews ▁from ▁the ▁per sec ution ▁of ▁Italy ' s ▁al lies ▁Germany ▁and ▁Cro atia . ▁Under ▁his ▁watch , ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Army ' s ▁record ▁of ▁violence ▁against ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁population ▁easily ▁matched ▁the ▁German . ▁T ant amount ▁to ▁a ▁declaration ▁of ▁war ▁on ▁civ ili ans , ▁Ro atta ' s ▁' 3 C ' ▁pam ph let ▁involved ▁him ▁in ▁war ▁cr imes ." ▁One ▁of ▁Ro atta ' s ▁soldiers ▁wrote ▁home ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 2 : ▁" We ▁have ▁destroyed ▁everything ▁from ▁top ▁to ▁bottom ▁without ▁sp aring ▁the ▁innoc ent . ▁We ▁kill ▁entire ▁families ▁every ▁night , ▁be ating ▁them ▁to ▁death ▁or ▁shooting ▁them ." ▁As ▁noted ▁by ▁Minister ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁in ▁M uss ol ini ▁government , ▁G ale azzo ▁C iano , ▁when ▁describing ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁secretary ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁F asc ist ▁party ▁who ▁wanted ▁Italian ▁army ▁to ▁kill ▁all ▁Sloven es : ▁▁ ▁Mario ▁Rob otti , ▁Commander ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁ 1 1 th ▁Division ▁in ▁Sloven ia ▁and ▁Cro atia , ▁issued ▁an ▁order ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁a ▁directive ▁received ▁from ▁M uss ol ini ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 2