Major Crimes and True Crime

Dina Laffi was the Italian daughter of Ettore and Maria (née Ventura) Laffi. She was born in Castel d'Aiano on the 16th of July 1933. She had 4 brothers: Pietro (1941), Giovanni (1944), Fernando (1935) and Italo (1938) and a sister, Marina (1931). Her parents were Italians and the family lived in Marzabotto. 11 year old Dina was murdered in the Marzabotto massacre on the 30th of September 1944, when the Germans rounded up the Laffi family plus 4 displaced people and killed them in the farmyard of Collula di Sotto house. The survivors found the charred corpses along the barn wall and the half-collapsed house. The dead included her parents, Marina (13), Fernando (8), Italo (6), Pietro (3) and Giovanni (4 weeks) as well as her 3 cousins, Primo (7), Demetrio (5) and Massimo (3 months), her aunt and uncle and grandparents. Her grandfather Giuseppe was forced to watch the murder of his family before he was killed by the SS. The other 4 people included 2 children and their mother as well ...