Italy remembers the victims of sinkholes and the Dalmatian Julian exodus
What happened to Eastern border it was one slaughter. A forgotten page of history for decades, probably for reasons of realpolitik: to avoid a deterioration of relations with the Non-aligned Yugoslavia, in the middle of the Cold War. Then the fall of the wall; and the weather he finally got it right silence. From 2004in Italy, l Remembrance Dayto commemorate the thousands of compatriots murdered by the Yugoslav partisans, thrown into the sinkhole. Not just people linked to fascism; the scheme, according to various historians, was that of ethnic cleansing; hence theJulian Exodus from Dalmatia: people who lost everything, and in Italy often met hostility. But the February 10 has been accompanied by too many times exploitation, revisionisms, offensive gestures. And then the controversylike that of this year betweenAnpi and the Ministry of Education. Under the banner of a shared memorythen, the ceremony held in the afternoon a Madama Palacein the presence of the Head of State Mattarellaof the Premier Dragonsand gods Presidents of the Senate and Chamber. Celebrations also in various municipalities, such as the neighboring one Coriano; where in the presence of the Mayor, Council, Institutions, and students, it was entitled to Martyrs of the Foibe there small square in via Pedrelli.
“Memory is basic”Declared the First Citizen Sunday Spinelli. “It is right – he added – to restore dignity to these victims”. Also San Marinoin 2007 – with a special OdG -, it had established this anniversary. Flags at half mast at the Embassy of Italy.
In the report, the interview with Domenica Spinelli – Mayor of Coriano