A German court heard how 90-year-old Josef Scheungraber ordered the execution of 10 Italian civilians as a reprisal for the killing of two Nazi soldiers.
A 74-year-old woman and three men were shot dead in the streets of Falzano di Cortona, near the Tuscan town of Arezzo.
German soldiers then forced 11 males aged between 15 and 66 into the ground floor of a farmhouse - and then blew them up.
Only one person survived the massacre, but with serious injuries.
Although 14 civilians were killed, the court only found enough evidence to convict Scheungraber of 10 murders and one attempted murder.
He was dressed in a traditional Bavarian jacket and appeared in good health as he listened to the judgement.
SOURCE: SKY NEWS
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