Italy remembers the victims of Foibe massacres
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For the first time in European history, an exhibition dedicated to the martyrs of the sinkholes was held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. FDi MEP Stefano Cavedagna: “We owe it to the martyrs, to the exiles, to their relatives and to all Italians, in the face of a memory that was deliberately hidden for years.” Continue reading
Mattarella on Remembrance Day: The mistakes and suffering of the past must guide us on a common path
The word foib has for too long been synonymous with concealing history, said Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the day of remembrance of the victims of foib and the expulsion of Istrian and Dalmatian Italians, which is celebrated in Italy on February 10.
Moment of emotion for the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, during the ceremony for Remembrance Day, at the Quirinale, which commemorates the massacre of the sinkholes. The premier followed the speeches sitting in the front row and, during the testimony of Egea Haffner, an exile from Pula, who became a symbol of the Julian-Dalmatian exodus for the photo “The girl with the suitcase”, she was moved. A book has been based on the story of Haffner and …
President of Italy Sergio Mattarella today, at the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Phobia and the Expulsion of Italians from Istria, Rijeka and Dalmatia after the Second World War, warned that these events were ignored in the past, while Prime Minister Đorđa Meloni pointed out that Italy will not forget these events.
With regard to Istrian exiles, “the reception in Italy was often not what it would have been necessary to ensure. Struggling, precarious accommodation, poverty, but above all widespread indifference, mistrust”
Foibe: Mattarella condemns Tito's 'ruthless violence'
President Sergio Mattarella on Monday condemned the "ruthless violence" committed by Tito's Yugoslav Partisans on Italy's Day of Remembrance of the Foibe massacres, the mass killings and deportations of Italians living in the area that stretches from the T... (ANSA)
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