Broom Sunday, August 13, 1950
We propose an article by Annamaria Crasti whom we thank for the kind concession on the “Sunday of the brooms” an event that took place in August 1950. Many Gorizians who remained in Tito's Yugoslavia crossed the border not only to embrace relatives, friends but they made a lot of purchases and the best-selling item in the new Gorizia was a broom made of sorghum. «We are in Gorizia. It is August 13, 1950. Since February 10, 1947, the Gorizia of always no longer exists. Cruelly, as decided by the Peace Treaty, on the night between September 14 and 15, 1947 the city found itself divided. The inhabitants of some areas of the city cannot sleep that night: they feel,...
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