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Foibe and the public use of history
Instrumental polemics do not help build a bridge between the European past and present. The outbursts on the tragedy of the Julian foibe continue with new protagonists, often going as far as literally wanting to abolish law 92/2004. I do not intend to dwell here on what bizarre relevance there is to wanting to overturn an almost unanimous vote of the Italian parliament in favor of a law that intended to connect the memory of the Julian-Dalmatian exiles with national and European history. Obviously, this law, which established the Day of Remembrance of the suffering experienced by the Italian populations of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia cannot and should not be abolished on the basis of...
A short and divisive memory against the Day of Remembrance
Further reply to Prof. Tomaso Montanari, who is against law 92/2004, which established the Day of Remembrance and which was supported by Senator Miloš Budin, a member of the DS, from the Slovenian minority. All those who would like to abolish the Day of Remembrance, with Prof. Montanari at the forefront, should always be reminded of the voting data expressed in the Chamber: out of 521 deputies present, 502 were in favour, 14 against, 4 abstentions. The political groups that voted in favour were Alleanza Nazionale, Democrati di Sinistra DS, Forza Italia, Lega Nord, Margherita, Unione di Centro UDC, Gruppo Misto. The Rifondazione Comunista and the Italian Communists were against the law....
“La Voce di Fiume” September/October 2021
It can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format "La Voce di Fiume" of September/October 2021: http://www.lavocedifiume.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/settembre_ottobre2021.pdf The bimonthly of the Association of Italian Fiumeans in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile opens with the editorial of the President of the association Franco Papetti dedicated to the controversies unleashed by Prof. Tomaso Montanari, recently taken office as Rector of the University for Foreigners of Siena but always the author of justificatory statements and contrary to the Day of Remembrance. SUMMARY So...
Defending the Day of Remembrance and the memory of the Foibe and the Exodus
Meeting debate on the foibe and the use of history held in Rome at the Nomentano high school in Rome yesterday afternoon, October 12, with an audience largely composed of teachers. Participants Eric Gobetti (author of the justificationist pamphlet "And then the foibe?"), Tomaso Montanari (new rector of the University for Foreigners of Siena but recent protagonist of statements contrary to the Day of Remembrance and justificationist) and Marino Micich (Society of Fiumani studies - Historical Archive Museum of Fiume). In essence Gobetti and Montanari reiterated their well-known position on the foibe, on the Julian Dalmatian exodus and above all for a good part of the conference the two aforementioned guests have...
Remembrance Day demands respect
We have received and are happy to publish this communication from Dr. Umberto Zuballi (for years President of the Regional Administrative Court of Friuli Venezia Giulia), sent to the editorial staff of Fatto Quotidiano regarding the Montanari issue, but not published. As an old Istrian, I cannot remain silent in the face of the current, sad controversy over the foibe. First of all, it makes no sense to compare or contrast the Day of Remembrance with that of Memory, or even with April 25. They are different moments in our history, which must be shared. As for the Day of Remembrance, the law establishing it was approved by Parliament with a very broad...
Hands off Remembrance Day
The Day of Remembrance belongs first and foremost to the Julian-Dalmatian community and obtained the vote of 95% of the Parliamentarians. The historiography of the left linked to the suggestions of the old PCI unloads the historical responsibility of the Julian-Dalmatian exodus first on liberal Italy (for them one fact counts... that the Risorgimento was not made by the popular masses, who did not want Italy to enter the 1915-'18 war for Trento and Trieste) and then very decisively on the fascist regime. Furthermore, they establish in their syntheses a curious cause-effect relationship in reading the history of the eastern border. The various Montanari Barbero, D'Orsi, Gobetti and others do not...
Remembrance Day is not a contrast to the Shoah
Regarding the statements of the Rector of the University for Foreigners of Siena, Prof. Tomaso Montanari, it is sad to note that the history of the eastern border is always interpreted in the context of fascism and the political attack on the right, forgetting centuries of Italian presence, history, culture and tradition on the coasts of the eastern Adriatic, as well as the adhesion to the Risorgimento of native ruling classes and volunteers. Even the history of art, a discipline that Montanari teaches, shows that the coasts of the eastern Adriatic have maintained a deep cultural and identity bond with the Italian peninsula over the centuries, in terms of commissions and artists who...
