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Meina
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. The event inspired the movie Hotel Meina, directed in 2007 by Carlo Lizzani.