Fifth Nunzi Prisoner In A Nazi Lager 99 Years Now Suing Germany

The elderly gentleman Quinto Nunzi is 99 years old. He resides in Civitanova Marche (Macerata), and 78 years after the end of the Second World War, he plans to bring legal action against Germany for all the pain and suffering he endured in the polish concentration camp of Myslowice, which was closely connected to Auschwitz.

Thirty-three thousand euros are being sought as compensation. Germany pays its debts. Although he is somewhat physically limited as a result of a fractured femur and a recent case of covid, he is not mentally impaired and is able to recall the tragic years he spent as a military internee with great clarity.

When ansa asks quinto about his suffering, he replies, "I suffered a lot. In those moments, we couldn't wait to die to put an end to all that pain," while displaying the cross for military bravery, pictures from the time, and paperwork attesting to the fact that his detention lasted nearly three years. In 1943, while I was serving in the military in Gorizia, he recalls, "I was captured by German soldiers with other soldiers; they told us they would take us to Germany; we found ourselves being treated worse than beasts and those who rebelled were shot.".

Our father, according to his sons Fabiola and Tonino, "has always told anyone he meets, he tells of the war years and how much he suffered and his desire for him to be compensated.". Alessandra Piccinini, who is also the president of the Anpi section of Cingoli and Apiro, and Dino Gazzani, attorneys, have now brought a civil action in the court of Rome against the Federal Republic of Germany as a result of this desire.

On June 9, the first hearing will take place. The request is being made by attorneys from the Marche region, Dino Gazzani and Alessandra Piccinini, the latter of whom is also the president of the Anpi section of Cingoli and Apiro. According to the lawyers, "The time constraint, which expired on 27 October 2022, should be eliminated to promote compensation actions in favor of the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis to the detriment of Italian citizens during the Second World War.".

According to the attorneys, "We believe that there is actually a constitutionality issue in placing a peremptory term on the exercise of rights that today can find full recognition thanks also to the 55 million euro fund created by the Draghi government through funding from the Pnrr, giving all former military internees and civilian deportees the possibility of accessing the compensation also in light of what was affirmed on war crimes by the Court of Cassation and the Consti. Even though we have thankfully returned to it, accessing the fund requires a complicated process that unquestionably takes longer than those granted.

"Returning to the fund established by article 43 of decree law 36 of 2022," write Piccinini and Gazzani, "presupposes that a judgment has already been rendered against the Federal Republic of Germany or that a settlement has been reached with the attorneys for the Italian state." "In fact, the deeds with which we started the civil law dispute against Germany, with the first hearing scheduled for June 9, we have also notified our State.".

According to the attorneys, "We believe that there is actually a constitutionality issue in placing a peremptory term on the exercise of rights that today can find full recognition thanks also to the 55 million euro fund created by the Draghi government through funding from the Pnrr, giving all former military internees and civilian deportees the possibility of accessing the compensation also in light of what was affirmed on war crimes by the Court of Cassation and the Consti.