Remembrance Day: Italy's President, commitment to memory
Survivors and exiles delayed seeing their suffering recognized
10 February, 11:41"It is a commitment of civilization to preserve and renew the memory of the tragedy of the Istrians, Fiumans, Dalmatians, and other Italians who had roots in those lands, so rich in culture and history and so stained with innocent blood. But unfortunately, survivors and exiles, together with their families, have delayed seeing the truth of their suffering recognized. A wound added to the others", pointed out the Head of State.
"The terrible war wanted by fascism and the Nazi occupation was followed, for these Italians, by hostility, repression, terror, summary executions aggravating the horrible succession of crimes against humanity of which witnessed the twentieth century. Crimes that the people and the lands of the eastern border have lived with dramatic intensity, generating trails of resentment and incomprehension that for a long time have marked the relations between neighboring peoples," added Mattarella. (ANSA).