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Speech by Antonio Ballarin at the Quirinale
Below is the speech given by the President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles, Dr. Antonio Ballarin, during the institutional ceremony of the Day of Remembrance 2019 held at the Quirinale on Saturday 9 February. So that what happened never happens again. This is the meaning of the Day of Remembrance. May the abominations suffered by the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian people be a warning to human hearts and minds, so that a season of peace and tolerance may prosper and last. So that the suffering, gratuitous violence, and marginalization we have suffered no longer have citizenship for any ethnic, religious, or political group, nor because of the...
Foibe and exodus, an Italian story
Below is the report given by Professor Giuseppe Parlato (University of International Studies of Rome) at the institutional ceremony of the Day of Remembrance 2019 held at the Quirinale on Saturday 9 February. The celebration of the Day of Remembrance is not just a ritual event: in fact, it has had several positive aspects. The most important of all is a first knowledge of the drama of the foibe and the exodus in schools and universities. If this happens, the credit goes entirely to the institutional role that the Day of Remembrance has had for fifteen years, which has nothing – despite what its detractors say – of vindictive, nostalgic, rancorous...
