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The National Dalmatian Association in the European Association of Victims of Communism
Cace (And): “This is an important step towards achieving European and international knowledge of the tragedy of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus and for a desirable inclusion of this page of history among the genocides of the twentieth century caused by totalitarianism” Rome, 10 September 2021 – On the occasion of the last Interasso conference, the prestigious European association of former prisoners and relatives of victims of communism (which includes associations from Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Romania, Moldova, Latvia and Lithuania and in which AND delegate Valter Lazzari took part) unanimously accepted the request for...
FederEsuli meets the Ambassador in Zagreb and makes an agreement with the Italian Union
After the hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber and the meeting with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale, another important institutional meeting took place for the leaders of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Exiles. At the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Croatia Pierfancesco Sacco, FederEsuli not only held an in-depth conversation with the diplomatic representative, but also signed a Program Agreement for the creation of a cultural network with the Italian Union, a representative body of the native Italian community in the former Yugoslavia....
Justificationism against Norma Cossetto
Schürzel (Anvgd), "stunned by statements on Cossetto by Pomezia councilors" "Disconcerting news. In Pomezia, several M5s and Pd councilors have rejected the proposal to name the garden on Via Farina after Norma Cossetto. But the serious thing is that, beyond the fact that another location could have been found if that one is considered unsuitable, the statements of some councilors were decidedly out of place, demonstrating actual historical ignorance of the facts. Some have made a distinction between martyrs and the dead, who thus automatically become series A and series B, adducing, in fact, an ideological motivation for this decision". He told Adnkronos...
The only reason to live
Fiume's passion will survive transformed into splendor. Fiume's constancy will survive transfigured into brilliance. NEW IN BOOKSTORES Emanuele Merlino (edited by), The only reason to live. D'Annunzio, the Carta del Carnaro and the Liberating Army, with contributions by: F. Carlesi, E. Grego, M. Micich, M. Runco, Passaggio al Bosco, 2020; with the patronage of the Comitato 10 Febbraio. One hundred years ago, Fiume's enterprise shocked the world. They were sixteen months of heresy, of political laboratories, of celebration and – above all – of Italianness. Everything was coveted, everything was attempted. Of that incredible experience, in addition to the memory, its...
The Rose for Norma continues to bloom
It is called “A memory for Norma in every city”, the initiative with which the February 10 Committee asks all municipalities to name a street, square, garden, public hall or school in memory of Norma Cossetto, the young Istrian student, tortured and killed in October 1943 by Tito's communist partisans. On the occasion of the World Day against Violence against Women, November 25, President Emanuele Merlino took stock of the situation and listed the latest municipalities, in chronological order, that have decided to name a place after Norma Cossetto. “We have chosen this very important day – says Emanuele Merlino, president...
Italy, “Blessed Land” Even on Its Eastern Border
Emanuele Mastrangelo - Emanuele Merlino - Enrico Petrucci (edited by), Blessed Land. Stories of Italy and great Italians, Idrovolante, Rome 2020. From the literary collective that gave life to the project Heroes. Twenty-two stories from the Great War, a new anthology of Stories to remember that Italy is so rich in Heroes and courage that it can positively overturn the famous maxim of Bertold Brecht "Wretched is the land that needs heroes". And for this reason, especially in a time of fear and pandemic, it is always necessary to remember the greatness of our history. 15 historical stories of heroes in war, heroes in peace, heroes in sports, heroes in industry, heroes...
Centenary of the birth of Norma Cossetto
With the slogan “A smile that lasts a hundred years”, the 10th February Committee announces the start of events to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Norma Cossetto, decorated with the Gold Medal for Civil Merit. Born on 17th May 1920 in Santa Domenica di Visinada, the young Istrian martyr was kidnapped, tortured, raped and thrown into a sinkhole in October 1943 by Slavic communist partisans. “Given the great success of the “A Rose for Norma Cossetto” event on 5th October, which involved around 130 cities, we plan to organize the centenary celebration in all Italian cities and abroad – says the president...
Foibe and Exodus, a European story
The spaces of the Fondazione Alleanza Nazionale in the heart of Rome hosted the exhibition “Foibe and Exodus. An Italian Story, a European Story”, made possible thanks to the contribution of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) parliamentary group. The twenty panels of the exhibition, created by Emanuele Merlino together with Emanuele Mastrangelo and Andrea Moi, review two millennia of history, language and culture of Italian origin between the two shores of the Adriatic Sea, with particular reference to the events of the last two centuries. In this way, the carnage of the foibe, the vast majority of whose victims were massacred by the Yugoslav partisans of Jozip Broz...
The Anpi and the conference on the foibe
Controversy erupts in the Senate The Anpi organizes a conference on fascism and the foibe in the Senate, but politicians and associations accuse: "Denialism" by Giuseppe Aloisi - 03/02/2019 - Source: Il Giornale The Anpi, for Donatella Schürzel, has launched a "sneaky and denialist attack" on the subject of the foibe. The conference organized by the National Association of Italian Partisans at the Senate library, also for Forza Italia senator Maurizio Gasparri, has a "clear denialist objective". Similar controversies had also been raised last year, with the same organizing group as the protagonist. But not in relation to a conference like the one planned for...
New expanded edition of Foiba rossa
New edition, expanded by the presence of a historical essay by Lorenzo Salimbeni on the Italian history of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, of the comic dedicated to the life of Norma Cossetto, a 23-year-old student tortured, raped, thrown into a sinkhole in the September days of 1943 by Tito's partisans. This story, made of anti-Italian violence, killings, sinkholes, is a story of the frontier, of a far corner of Italy that cost the lives of over 10.000 Italians. The summer of 1943 changes the history of the eastern borders of Italy and Istria. The signing of the armistice on September 8 sanctions, in fact, the sudden and unconditional surrender....
