Milena Bernabo, awarded one of Italy’s top civilian honours for saving three children from a Nazi-Fascist massacre during World War II, died Sunday aged 96, local authorities said. Officials at the time hailed her bravery as an example of many Italians’ “silent resistance” to Nazi occupation during the latter part of World War II. “Throughout her life she was an ambassador of peace, reminding the young people she encountered of the Nazi-Fascist…