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“Today it is particularly touching for me to be here as a European of German nationality. It was a German soldier who ordered your parents and grandparents to be killed. It is a profound sin in the history of my country.” Thus Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission, at the Camp of Fossoli, in front of the relatives of the 67 political inmates murdered by the SS 77 years ago. “Their resistance helped save Italy and all of Europe. Including my country, Germany”. At these words the audience applauds and stands up. In the audience also many relatives of the victims.
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