The article illustrates the genesis and development of the first episode of Shoah
in Italy, which took place in the Novarese and Verbano provinces in the days
following the Armistice.
In particular, the dynamics and reasons that led the German soldiers to perpetrate
the massacres on Lake Maggiore are analyzed. Important details on the lives of
the victims are also highlighted, determining the developments of certain arrests.
Above all, it has been ascertained that the number of victims is higher than that
known to date.
After a brief presentation of the historical and geographical context, the descriptions
of the dynamics of each massacre and the presentation of the judicial process
which involved part of the perpetrators of the aforementioned massacres follow.
Keywords: Shoah, Italy, Second World War, Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Righteous,
Informants.