The mayor of Esperia, a comune in the Province of Frosinone, reported that in his town, 700 women out of 2,500 inhabitants were raped, resulting in many deaths. According to Italian victims associations, a total of more than 7,000 civilians, including children, were raped by Goumiers.[10] Baris considers the figure of twelve thousand women raped provided by the Communist women's organization Unione Donne Italiane to be credible.[11]