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Atlas Obscura - Latest • Jan. 12, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
Nazi-Era Italian Laborers Memorial in Nichel, Germany
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Deep in the pine forests of Brandenburg lies a quiet clearing that tells a story both tragic and profoundly human. Here, a modest stone memorial marks the site of one of the last war crimes of World War II—an atrocity nearly lost to time, yet kept alive by an extraordinary act of remembrance and reconciliation.
In April 1945, just days before the war’s end, 127 Italian forced laborers were executed here by German soldiers. They had been marched from a nearby labor camp, Sebaldushof, to this sandy pit on the outskirts of Nichel.
Only four men survived. For decades, their story was barely spoken of—overshadowed by the chaos of postwar Germany and forgotten by history books.
In April 1945, just days before the war’s end, 127 Italian forced laborers were executed here by German soldiers. They had been marched from a nearby labor camp, Sebaldushof, to this sandy pit on the outskirts of Nichel.
Only four men survived. For decades, their story was barely spoken of—overshadowed by the chaos of postwar Germany and forgotten by history books.
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