The Einstein-Mazzetti Family Memorial

The Cemetery of the Badiuzza is located in the countryside of Rignano, between Troghi and Le Corti. One of the many small country cemeteries in Valdarno, which became the symbol of the massacre of the Einstein-Mazzetti family, carried out by German SS troops on August 3, 1944 at  Villa Il Focardo.
Robert Einstein's (cousin of Albert) wife and family were slaughtered by the German army. Only two nephews, the children Paola and Lorenza Mazzetti, survived the tragedy.

Lorenza Mazzetti, in her difficult  sedimentation and overcoming all her life the tragedy, wrote the novel "Il cielo cade" which was published in 1961.

Since the end of the 90's the Municipal Administration of Rignano sull'Arno has commemorated the anniversary of the massacre at the small Cemetery  and the Institution of the Memorial Day has planned the related celebrations in the same place. On April 25, 2015 the Municipal Administration granted honorary citizenship to the survivors Paola and Lorenza Mazzetti, nephews of Robert Einstein.

On 7 January 2020 Lorenza Mazzetti died and was buried here.
The knowledge of this massacre is spreading and is being structured in conscious and collective memory. Recently the City Council has unanimously agreed to formally define this Cemetery as a place of remembrance.