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Statement by President Mattarella on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, issued the following statement: "The Day of Remembrance was established by Parliament to commemorate a distressing moment in our country's twentieth century. A tragedy caused by a planned ethnic and nationalistic purge. The foibe, with their burden of death, unspeakable cruelty, and unjustifiable violence, are the tragic symbol of a chapter of history, still little known and sometimes even misunderstood, which recounts the great suffering of the people of Istria, Fiume, Dalmatia, and the Julian Alps. To the harsh Nazi-Fascist occupation...
The foibe? In Italy only oblivion wins
by Marcello Veneziani The Day of Remembrance is the last commemoration dedicated to patriotic love established in our country. It remains there, a disoriented orphan in the calendar of oblivion, destined to survive in an indecent semi-clandestine state that tends to gradual removal, until its definitive extinction. The other national anniversaries, long-standing survivors, float semi-submerged in our past: November 4th vegetates and takes refuge in the closest Sunday and celebrates the Armed Forces, May 24th has practically disappeared, March 17th was a brief meteor that made its appearance for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy and then disappeared, after...
Presentation of the book by Lorenzo Salimbeni On the edge of the foiba
On Saturday 2 December at 11:00 in the Sala Bazlen of Palazzo Gopcevich (via Rossini, 4 – Trieste) will be presented, as part of La Bancarella. Salone del libro dell'Adriatico orientale (an exhibition curated by the Multimedia Documentation Centre of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian culture in co-organization with the Municipality of Trieste and the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia) Sul ciglio della foiba. Storie e vidende dell'italianità (Pages, Rome 2016) by Lorenzo Salimbeni, researcher and freelance journalist, who will speak together with Prof. Davide Rossi (Associazione Coordinamento Adriatico). This collection of scientific essays and articles...
Presentation of the book “Rossa terra” by Mauro Tonino
On Wednesday 29 November, at 18:00 pm at the Libreria Minerva (via San Nicolò, 20 – Trieste) there will be a presentation of the historical novel on the Foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian Exodus “Rossa terra” (L'Orto della Cultura, Udine 2013) by Mauro Tonino, writer and cultural operator. The event is part of the 2017 edition of La Bancarella. Salone del libro dell’Adriatico orientale, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of 10 February 1947, which so heavily affected the lands of the eastern Italian border, and organized by the Multimedia Documentation Center of the Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian culture in co-organization with the Municipality of Trieste and...
For the history of the difficult Eastern Border
The course for school teachers promoted by the Tuscany Region and organized by the Tuscan Historical Institute of the Resistance and the Contemporary Age - the Grosseto Historical Institute of the Resistance and the Contemporary Age - the National Institute for the History of Liberation Movements in Italy - took place in Siena on Tuesday 21 November 2017 at the University for Foreigners. "The seminar will dedicate a further and targeted thematic study to the history and events of the Julian-Dalmatian exiles" began the coordinator of the day, Dr. Matteo Mazzoni of the Tuscan Historical Institute of the Resistance. The President of this session...
