Creda
![A small farmstead stands on a wooded hilltop. Mountains can be seen in the background.](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_756792ea3a.jpeg 320w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_93e676b1b1.jpeg 480w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_3e960e3557.jpeg 640w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_27adbefb63.jpeg 960w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_0fd6f9b64e.jpeg 1280w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_5681b6771e.jpeg 1920w, /fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Creda_Drohne_1_86b18bac2b.jpeg 2560w)
29 September 1944 , Creda, district in the Grizzana Morandi commune (Bologna, Emilia Romagna)
On 29 Sept., a large column of
- Involved Unit
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A detachment that consisted of members of the Ic-battalion, supply troops, and Divisions-Begleit-Kompanie 16 led by SS Hauptsturmführer Franz Schmidt.
- Culprits
- Victims
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69
- Armed forces
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Waffen-SS
![The two buildings of the farmstead from the front: on the right the residential house and on the left the barn.](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_6fc62a97a3.jpg 320w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_6a3ce4891e.jpg 400w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_e3e4d4cd5c.jpg 480w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_556a1a39d8.jpg 560w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_a33e59b1a8.jpg 640w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_be360965b6.jpg 800w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_f81b0f66f6.jpg 960w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_ad40ad3cc4.jpg 1120w, /fileadmin/_processed_/a/2/csm_Creda_der_Hof_63fd2cfa8e.jpg 1280w)
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The attack on Case Creda
According to statements of Max Simon and Walter Reder at their trials, the column deployed in Creda stood under the command of SS Hauptsturmführer Franz Schmidt, at the time assistant to SS Sturmbannführer and Ic-officer Helmut Looß.
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The perpetrators
![Close-up of the stone memorial plaque for the victims.](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__5f7ebecaa4.jpg 320w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__e0b0fd9684.jpg 400w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__0fd973923d.jpg 480w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__0898de3a36.jpg 560w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__85bebd9dbf.jpg 640w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__f9287728ee.jpg 800w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__ef1cdbca4b.jpg 960w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__84f1a89385.jpg 1120w, /fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Creda_Gedenktafel__5353daa706.jpg 1280w)
Literature
Luca Baldissara, Paolo Pezzino, ll massacro. Guerra ai civili a Monte Sole, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009, pp. 187-208, 584-585.
Dario Zanini, Marzabotto e dintorni, 1944, Bologna, Ponte Nuovo, 1996, pp. 293ff., 356-375.
Authorship and translation
Author: Carlo Gentile
Translated from German by: Joel Golb
© Project ‘The Massacres in Occupied Italy (1943-1945): Integrating the Perpetrators’ Memories’
2023