Meina is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara in the
Italian region of
Piedmont, located about northwest of
Milan, about northeast of
Turin and about north of
Novara, on the southern area of
Lake Maggiore.
During
World War II, Meina was the site of the massacre of 16 Italian Jews by German
SS soldiers as part of the
Lake Maggiore massacres. The event inspired the movie ''
Hotel Meina
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
'', directed in 2007 by
Carlo Lizzani.
References
External links
Official Tourism GatewayLake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway
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Ofer Lellouche
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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