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2025 edition of the patriotic event "A Rose for Norma"
The national patriotic event "A Rose for Norma Cossetto," now in its seventh year, was presented on Wednesday, October 1st, in the press room of the Chamber of Deputies. It will take place in over 400 cities in Italy and abroad on Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th. From Trieste to Sicily, from Piedmont to Puglia, passing through Dublin, Melbourne, and Montevideo, the sacrifice of the young Istrian student, Gold Medal of Civil Merit, who was kidnapped, tortured, raped, and thrown into a sinkhole by Yugoslavian communist partisans in 1943, will be remembered everywhere. The presentation conference was coordinated by the national president of the 10 Febbraio Committee...
Nearly 400 cities will lay a Rose for Norma
Also this year the patriotic event "A Rose for Norma" will remember Norma Cossetto, an Istrian university student, tortured, raped and thrown alive into a sinkhole on the night between 4 and 5 October 1943 by the Yugoslav communist partisans of Josip Broz, better known as Marshal Tito. The first rose of 2024 was placed at the entrance of the Montecitorio palace: present, together with the president of the Culture Commission Federico Mollicone and the deputies of Fratelli d'Italia Alessandro Amorese, promoter of the event, Nicole Matteoni and Dario Iaia, the president of the February 10 Committee Silvano Olmi and the representatives of the arms associations and of the...
The exhibition of the 10th February Committee on Norma Cossetto inaugurated in Rome
The historical photographic exhibition “Una Rosa per Norma” was inaugurated on the afternoon of Thursday, November 16 in Rome, in via delle Terme di Traiano 15A. The event, whose program includes various initiatives including book presentations, round tables, testimonies and film screenings, will be open to the public from Monday to Friday 10 am - 13 pm and 15 pm - 19 pm. On Saturday 10 am - 13 pm. The event is part of the patriotic demonstration “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto”, conceived by Maurizio Federici, and which involved 345 Italian and foreign cities in memory of Norma Cossetto, the young Istrian student kidnapped, tortured, raped and thrown into a sinkhole...
345 cities will remember Norma Cossetto 80 years after her martyrdom
The fifth edition of the patriotic event “A Rose for Norma Cossetto” promoted by the Comitato 10 Febbraio began with a red rose symbolically placed in front of Parliament. The event was presented this morning in the press room of the Chamber of Deputies. Throughout the month of October, in 345 Italian and foreign cities, the gesture of placing a rose in memory of the young Istrian martyr who, on the night between 4 and 5 October 1943, after suffering unspeakable violence, was thrown into a sinkhole by Yugoslavian communist partisans and who in 2005 was awarded the Gold Medal for Civil Merit. This year marks the eightieth anniversary...
On October 4 and 5, 2023 the patriotic demonstration A Rose for Norma
“Objective 300 cities”: this is the goal that the 10th February Committee has set for the patriotic demonstration “A Rose for Norma Cossetto”, conceived in Viterbo by member Maurizio Federici, and now in its fifth edition. This year the commemorative event has greater significance, as it marks the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of the young Italian woman, kidnapped, tortured, raped and thrown into a sinkhole by Slavic communist partisans. The slogan for the 2023 edition is: A flower that does not wither – 80 years since the martyrdom of Norma Cossetto. The C10F has already started working: those who want to organize the demonstration in their city, whether in Italy...
240 cities remembered Norma Cossetto
The fourth edition of the patriotic event “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” was a great success and over 240 Italian and foreign cities paid homage to the young Istrian martyr, decorated with the Gold Medal for Civil Merit. Satisfaction was expressed by the National President of the 10th February Committee, Emanuele Merlino, who emphasized that over 240 cities, as the slogan of the 2022 edition states, made “Una Scelta d'Amore”, the same choice Norma made when she chose to remain Italian and was raped and thrown into a sinkhole by Slavic communist partisans for this reason. “We have surpassed every rosiest...
Remembering Norma Cossetto? A choice of love
On October 4 and 5, 2022, in over 200 Italian and foreign cities, “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” will take place, the patriotic event promoted by the Comitato 10 Febbraio. In fact, we have reached the fourth edition of Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto. This year we have chosen a phrase that describes her better than any other: “A choice of love”. Isn’t it a choice to love someone? Love must be cultivated every day, preserved and defended. And it’s not easy. When the communist partisans asked Norma to renounce her homeland and family, they put her before a choice: either save her life or save her loyalty to her loves. We know well what she decided. And that’s why after more than...
In 170 cities a rose blooms for Norma
For the third consecutive year, the Comitato 10 Febbraio is organizing the national event “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” to commemorate the Istrian heroine. The Comitato 10 Febbraio remembers the sacrifice of Norma Cossetto, the young Istrian woman kidnapped, tortured, raped and thrown into a sinkhole by Slavic communist partisans and who became a symbol of the tragedy of the sinkholes thanks to the Gold Medal for Civil Merit, awarded to her in 2005 by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Tomorrow, Saturday 2 October 2021, the ceremonies of the national event “Una Rosa per Norma Cossetto” will begin, now in its third edition and which will continue until Sunday 10...
The Rose for Norma continues to bloom
It is called “A memory for Norma in every city”, the initiative with which the February 10 Committee asks all municipalities to name a street, square, garden, public hall or school in memory of Norma Cossetto, the young Istrian student, tortured and killed in October 1943 by Tito's communist partisans. On the occasion of the World Day against Violence against Women, November 25, President Emanuele Merlino took stock of the situation and listed the latest municipalities, in chronological order, that have decided to name a place after Norma Cossetto. “We have chosen this very important day – says Emanuele Merlino, president...
Over 130 cities have embraced Norma
When an event ends (in reality some commemorations, like the one in Verbania, will take place due to bad weather next Saturday) you have to take stock: 130 Italian cities, and Belfast, New York and Washington, remembered Norma Cossetto by joining Una rosa per Norma. But these are only the initiatives organized directly by the Comitato 10 Febbraio or of which we were notified. There were, then, dozens of events organized by parties, associations, Italian individuals who brought a flower, a thought, a tear of emotion for this girl who, with her smile and her love for Italy, became the symbol of a terrible crime but also...
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