The German authorities retaliated by ordering the execution of seven resistance fighters rounded up earlier in December in the area of Poggio Rusco. The execution of Aldo Barbi, Iginio Bardini, Aldo Ferrari, Fortunato Ferrari, Ugo Roncada, Vasco Zucchi was carried out by the fascist militia at the shooting range in town on December 22, 1944. Another resistance fighter, Bruno Brondolin was executed in jail soon after.[8]