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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...
The Importance of Remembrance Day Against Justificationists and Reductionists
Remembrance Day 2018 takes on special significance with reference to two important anniversaries. First, this year marks the centenary of the end of the First World War, which for many irredentists in Julian, Fiume, Dalmatia, and the Kingdom of Italy was a Fourth War of Independence that finally crowned the Risorgimento with the unification into a single nation state of all the lands inhabited by populations of Italic language, culture, and tradition. This historical moment is important for remembering the profound bond between Venezia Giulia, Carnaro, Dalmatia, and the rest of Italy, a bond rooted for centuries and violated by...
For Norma a fearless comic
The inhumane murder of the young heroine in a graphic novel by Elena Barlozzari - February 7, 2018, Rome - The book "Foiba Rossa-Norma Cossetto: Storia di un'Italiana," the graphic novel bundled with Il Giornale today, was presented yesterday at the Chamber of Deputies. Moderating the event, war correspondent Gian Micalessin opened the roundtable discussion with an image: that of the Basovizza foiba surrounded by barbed wire. A non-place where, until a few decades ago, access was forbidden, and with it, the memory of the disappeared of our history. Norma Cossetto was thrown into the abyss of Villa Surani after being repeatedly raped by a gang of...
Turin. A “hoax” conference against the victims of the Foibe
Mayor Appendino, warned by Avvenire: "I didn't know anything, I guarantee it won't happen". An association had promoted it in the Museum of the former Le Nuove prison. The director: I'd rather close it by Lucia Bellaspiga - Thursday 1 February 2018 The red star that stands out on the poster is that of Tito, the Yugoslavian communist marshal responsible for the Foibe and the ethnic cleansing against the Italians of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia. And the one organizing the denialist conference in Turin on 10 February, precisely on the day dedicated by law to the Remembrance of the Foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian Exodus, is a certain "National Coordination for Yugoslavia" (for friends...
Remembrance Day 2018: the initiatives of the Municipality of Trieste
The following PDF contains the official program of the events promoted by the patriotic and exile associations of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia in collaboration with the Municipality of Trieste on the occasion of the Remembrance Day 2018:
Remembrance Day_2018_Trieste
The 4th Race of Remembrance presented: it will be held on Sunday XNUMXth February
This morning, the Sala della Giunta del Coni, inside Palazzo H in Rome, presented to the press the 4th Edition of the Corsa del Ricordo scheduled for February 2017th. The vernissage was attended by sports authorities, political institutions and the Army, which this year will be alongside the organization. The event-demonstration organized by Asi, which is certainly much more than a simple sports race. In four years it has managed to gain an important place in the running panorama of the Capital, bringing to the start, in the 1000 edition, almost XNUMX runners, many of whom also came from outside Rome. Two routes are planned, one...
The fifth Race of Remembrance in Rome on February 4, 2018
Following the success of the first edition in Trieste, where the event took place on December 10th, the Corsa del Ricordo is preparing to host its fifth edition in Rome on Sunday, February 4th. The race, as is tradition, is scheduled for the Sunday before the "Day of Remembrance," which every February 10th commemorates the Foibe tragedy and the dramatic exodus of the Julian-Dalmatian population. This year, the event, organized in collaboration with the Rome Provincial Committee of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, will once again take place in the streets of the Julian-Dalmatian neighborhood, near Via Laurentina, where most of the...
