Editing Herbert Kappler (section)

=== [[Ardeatine massacre|The massacre of the Ardeatine]] ===
After the attack of the 23rd March 1944 at Rasella street, Kappler with the commisioner Pietro Caruso attended for the choice of some of the victims: mostly civilians and Jews were led by [[Erich Priebke]] and [[Karl Hass]] to the Fosse Ardeatine, shot in groups of five. At the end of the mass execution, the entrance to the quarries was detonated. 335 Italians were murdered. The 5 more were taken by mistake, but murdered all the same because they witnessed the massacre.