February 10 is the Day of Remembrance, established in memory of the victims of the foibe and the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus after the transfer of Istria, Fiume and Zara to Yugoslavia, following Italy's defeat in the Second World War. On Friday, February 10, 2023, on the occasion of the anniversary, Rai will curate a dedicated program.

On Rai 1 at 10.55am, Tg1 will broadcast from the Quirinale the celebration of the Day of Remembrance in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, followed at 14pm by “Today is another day”.

At the same time, Rai 2 will talk about the day on “Ore 14” and then at 15.25 on “BellaMà”, while at 18.05 the Tg2 Special “Foibe” will be broadcast.

On Rai 3 at 13.15:20.30 p.m. (and repeated on Rai Storia at 21.20:XNUMX p.m.) for “Past and Present” Paolo Mieli, together with Professor Enrico Miletto, will tell the story of the exodus of thousands of Italians who no longer wanted to live under the Yugoslav regime, framing this passage within the existing conflicts between Italians and Slavs in that area. At XNUMX:XNUMX p.m., on the same network, for Rai Documentari the docufilm “I remember. The land of my fathers” by Michelangelo Gratton will be broadcast, a boat trip along the Istrian coast in the company of Admiral Romano Sauro, nephew of the First World War hero Nazario Sauro. The narration of the docufilm is enriched by the contribution of historians such as Giordano Bruno Guerri, Gianni Oliva and Marino Micich, by testimonies of exiles and also of Italians who chose not to abandon the lands of their fathers.

Tgr will also give space to the memory. In particular, the Italian-language editorial staff of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia office will dedicate reports to the Day of Remembrance in the main editions of the news programs, radio news and “Buongiorno Regione”, also following the ceremony at the Basovizza Foiba, on the outskirts of Trieste. Tgr Emilia-Romagna will tell the commemoration of the victims of the foibe in Bologna with testimonies from exiles and relatives, while Tgr Puglia will produce a report on the village of Trieste in Bari that hosted the Istrian refugees.

RaiNews 24 will dedicate space to the Day of Remembrance in all the newscasts and, in particular, will follow the live broadcast from the Quirinale. In addition, from 13.35:14 pm to 20.30:XNUMX pm a Special curated in the studio by Valeria Manna will be broadcast and at XNUMX:XNUMX pm “Spotlight” will be dedicated to the Foiba dei Colombi, which has become a symbol of the Istrian foibe. The programming also includes an episode of “Amarcord” with the story of Norma Cossetto, a young Istrian woman thrown into the foibe while still alive after terrible torture.

Rai Storia has a very rich offering, starting at 00.10 (repeated at 8.30, 11.30 and 20.00) with “Il giorno e la storia” which retraces the institution of the Day of Remembrance. Among the many and valuable contributions on the memory of the foibe and the exodus of Italians, at 14.20 “Past and present” has Professor Raoul Pupo as a guest. At 15 “February 1947: winners and losers”, an investigation from 1972 by Enzo Biagi on the events that led to the peace treaty of 10 February 1947 between Italy and the Allies, while at 22.15 “L'Italia della Repubblica. Il confine conteso” has the historical consultancy of Giovanni Sabbatucci. Rai Scuola also offers several specials, such as the one broadcast at 17.30:19.30 p.m., made with the “Marconi” scientific high school in Pesaro, a place that welcomed the largest number of Istrians, and the one broadcast at 600:XNUMX p.m. filmed in Fertilia, in the province of Sassari, a place that welcomed over XNUMX refugees whose stories are collected in the Egean Ecomuseum, where the famous photo of the “little girl with the suitcase” was found. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Rai Cultura portal and social media are offering the special “Il Giorno del Ricordo” built with period footage, testimonies and interviews with historians who reconstructed the facts.

Rai Digital makes available on RaiPlay the film “Red Land” by Maximiliano Hernando Bruno, the fiction “Il cuore nel pozzo” by Alberto Negrin, the Concert for the Day of Remembrance, “Border Italy: the war, the foibe, the exodus” (two monographic episodes of “La Grande Storia”), “Arcipelago foibe” (nine contributions from the Rai Archives) and “Il ricordo delle foibe” (anthology in ten episodes).

The RaiPlay Sound platform offers various audio contributions including: “La Grande radio – Le foibe”, with the reading of pages from “La foiba grande” by Carlo Sgorlon commented by the critic Franco Brevini and interviews with historians Gianno Oliva and Raul Pupo; “Tre colori : il tragedia dell'Istria” with the historian Guido Crainz who retraces the troubled history of Istria; “Scritto, letto detto” with Gianni Oliva who recounts the atrocities of the foibe and the silence maintained for decades on the matter; “Mangiafuoco sono io”, a portrait of Marshal Tito; “I gialli della Storia”, in which Giovanni Minoli retraces the horrors of the foibe through testimonies and sound documents; the documentary “Tre soldi” (Radio 3); “Gorizia. Birth of a border” which collects the stories of witnesses from Gorizia, Italy and Slovenia.

The Rai Radio1 schedule will also be enriched with special contributions, in particular “Che giorno è”, on air from 11.00 to 12.15, with Francesca Romana Ceci and Massimo Giraldi who will follow the Ceremonies that will be held at the Quirinale and the Foiba di Basovizza. Also planned are services with interviews, insights and sounds in the main editions of Gr1, Gr2 and Gr3 on Friday 10 February.

During the day, the topic will be discussed in the main Radio1 broadcasts.

Finally, the Day will be highlighted in the World/National Day Almanac on Televideo on page 413.