For the third consecutive year, the Comitato 10 Febbraio is organizing the national event “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” to commemorate the Istrian heroine. 
The February 10 Committee remembers the sacrifice of Norma Cossetto, the young Istrian woman kidnapped, tortured, raped and thrown into a sinkhole by Slavic communist partisans and who became a symbol of the tragedy of the sinkholes thanks to the Gold Medal for Civil Merit, awarded to her in 2005 by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Tomorrow, Saturday 2 October 2021, the ceremonies of the national event “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” will begin, now in its third edition and which will continue until Sunday 10 October.
“In 170 Italian and foreign cities – says the national president of the 10th February Committee, Emanuele Merlino – the figure of Norma Cossetto will be remembered, the young Istrian student kidnapped, tortured, raped and finally thrown into a sinkhole on the night between 4 and 5 October 1943 by Tito's communist partisans.
“Norma is an Italian heroine – declares Emanuele Merlino – a woman who faced martyrdom rather than betray her love for our nation.
I am proud to note that “A Rose for Norma Cossetto” has become an extraordinarily well-attended initiative, from the north to the south of Italy and also abroad. In fact, demonstrations will be held in Dublin, Belfast, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Washington and New York – concludes Merlino – as evidence that Norma Cossetto is known and remembered everywhere for her tragic story, but also for what she represents and that, like all crimes, must be remembered to prevent it from happening again.”

List of events within UNA ROSA PER NORMA 2021

Source: February 10th Committee – 01/10/2021