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Franz Joseph ordered the denationalization of Italians
Franz Joseph ordered the “persecution” of Italians in Trentino, Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia. According to some historians, the emperor’s decision remained only on paper. But a careful reconstruction based on original sources shows that, unfortunately, this was not the case. And this policy was the basis of subsequent tensions between Italians and Slavs… The famous – or, if you prefer, infamous – order given by Franz Joseph of Habsburg to the Crown Council on 12 November 1866 to proceed with the Germanization and Slavicization of Trentino, Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, is a historically indisputable fact, being reported in official documentation…
Exemplary testimony of Italianness
ALPINE GATHERING IN TRENTO – AN EXEMPLARY TESTIMONY OF ITALIANNESS by Gianmaria Italia - 21/05/2018 “For the Alpini, the impossible does not exist” was written on a long banner that opened the Penne Nere parade in Trento on Sunday 13 May. It was a triumph of Tricolours in a city in celebration to write once again, one hundred years after the end of the Great War, another page of mutual affection between Italians and their Alpini who came to the Trentino capital for the 91st National Gathering. An estimated 500 thousand people came from every part of Italy and the world with fanfare and a great desire to be together in a festive atmosphere. An event...
