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Colonel Umberto Manfredini, 1 January 1944 - 23 March 1944
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152:Simonitti, 38, was executed by firing squad in
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970:SS Police Regiment Alpine Foothills
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31:Italian Alpini in Aosta Valley 1945
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72:, and later the Italian Republic.
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881:278th Infantry Division
876:232nd Infantry Division
871:162nd Turkoman Division
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574:San Leonardo al Frigido
375:. 1951-01-19. p. 1
350:. 1947-03-01. p. 3
49:Italian Social Republic
1257:The Holocaust in Italy
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