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Mattarella at the Altare della Patria celebrates April 25th. Draghi: “Not all Italians were” good people “”

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Cause Covid, today, April 25, no court and demonstrations but a relay of online initiatives promoted by the Anpi, to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism. At the Altare della Patria, in Piazza Venezia, after placing a crown on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella listened to the execution of the “Silence”, and witnessed the usual passage of the tricolor arrows in the sky of Rome. Also present at the ceremony, spaced out and with anti-contagion masks, were the high officials of the state, including Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who then visited the Historical Museum of Liberation in via Tasso.

In the message sent to the fighting and weapons associations on the occasion of the Liberation, the President of the Republic recalled how “rebirth, unity, cohesion, reconciliation in the new Republican Constitution” were “the sentiments that guided the reconstruction after the war and that guide us today towards the overcoming of the crisis caused by the pandemic which, in addition to affecting us with the loss of many loved ones, puts a strain on the economic and social life of the country ”.

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“Not all Italians” good people “, not choosing is immoral”

“In honoring the memory of those who fought for freedom we must also remember that we Italians were not all” good people “, we must remember that not choosing is immoral, it means killing those who showed courage in front of the occupiers and he sacrificed himself to allow us to live in a democratic country ”, said Draghi in his speech at the symbolic place of the occupation of Rome, where about two thousand opponents of Nazi-fascism were imprisoned and tortured. The prime minister also recalled life senator Liliana Segre who “wanted the words” Indifference “to be placed at the entrance to the Milan Shoah memorial to remind us that, together with the partisans and freedom fighters, there were many who turned away where – as you say – it is easier to ignore it ».

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Fear of the blurring of the boundaries between victims and perpetrators

«This anniversary must not grow old, it must not suffer the wear and tear of time. In knowing in depth the history of those years, of fascism and the Nazi occupation, we will be more aware of the importance of republican values ​​and how essential it is to defend them every day. We also note, with concern, the blurring of the borders that history has drawn between democracies and authoritarian regimes, sometimes even between victims and executioners “, underlined Draghi in another passage of great importance in his speech, delivered after completing the visit to the Museum of the Liberation. In particular, the premier saw the headquarters of the German security service and security police; the cell where Giuliano Vassalli and Lieutenant Arrigo Paladini were held prisoners and where there are documentary evidence of the prisoners held in via Tasso and killed in the Fosse Ardeatine and Forte Bravetta and those in the prison in via Tasso.

Surprise visit to the Quadraro, gold medal for civil merit

The day was also characterized by an unprecedented unscheduled event by the Head of State, who after the ceremony in Piazza Venezia went to Piazza dei Tribuni, in the popular Quadraro district of Rome. It was in that square that one of the saddest and little-remembered pages in the history of Liberation took place, and Mattarella wanted to commemorate the episode by placing a laurel wreath in front of the monument, which commemorates the round-up and deportation of many inhabitants.

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