Italy remembers the victims of Marcinelle

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Bare allineate sulla piazza centrale di Bois du Cazier, Marcinelle, Charleroi, in Belgio, nell'agosto 1956. Source: Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Sixty-three years ago today, a fire in the coal mines of Marcinelle caused 262 casualties, 136 of them Italians. Maria Di Valerio lost her husband in the tragedy. Maria recalls the tragic events for SBS Italian.

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Sixty-three years ago today, a fire in the coal mines of Marcinelle caused 262 casualties, 136 of them Italians. Maria Di Valerio lost her husband in the tragedy. Maria recalls the tragic events for SBS Italian.

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