Liberation Day, Mattarella: «Without memory there is no future»
Meloni: «The end of fascism laid the foundations for democracy»
Liberation Day, Mattarella: «Without memory there is no future».
«Without memory, there is no future». Thus the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of April 25th, celebrating the anniversary of the Liberation of Civitella in Val di Chianain Toscana, where in 1944 the Nazis massacred 244 people. "I add – using words pronounced by Aldo Moro in 1975 - that "popular unity is possible and necessary around anti-fascism", without compromising on the other hand the variety and richness of the national community, social and political pluralism, the free and changeable articulation of majorities and minorities in the democratic game", said the Head of State.
«The infamy of the Marzabotto massacre, the largest committed in Italy, was followed by an equally unworthy corollary: fascist propaganda, in newspapers subjected to controls and censorship, denied the undeniable, trying to deny what had happened, trying to define false the news of the massacre and mocking the witnesses. It is necessary - today and in the future - to remember those massacres and those victims and the national and regional initiatives that support it are precious. Without memory, there is no future".
«With these barbaric killings, in their strategy of death, the Nazi-fascists tried to create scorched earth around the partisans to protect the German retreat, to establish a regime of terror against civilians so that they would not join the partisans, to carry out revenge against of a people, considered inferior as an ally and, after the armistice, traitors. These were very serious war crimes, contrary to any international rule and to military honor and, even more, to the principles of humanity", he has declared.
In the morning Mattarella accompanied by the presidents of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, of the room Lorenzo Fontana, of the Council Meloniof the Constitutional Court Augusto Barbera, by the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, and from high military positions, paid homage to theAltar of the Fatherland, placing a laurel wreath on the tomb of The Unknown Soldier, At the Liberation Day.
“On the day in which Italy celebrates the Liberation, which with the end of fascism laid the foundations for the return of democracy, we reiterate our aversion to all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Those of yesterday, who oppressed the people in Europe and around the world, and those of today, who we are determined to oppose with commitment and courage". The Prime Minister wrote it on Instagram, Giorgia Meloni. “We will continue to work - adds - to defend democracy and for an Italy finally capable of uniting on the value of freedom. Long live freedom!”.
“April 25th is the day of Liberation and of the entire Republic, the day in which we remember those who gave their lives and with so much sacrifice built the foundations for democracy and freedom of this country and for the defense of values of our Constitution". Thus the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein arriving at the Milanese procession for the celebrations of April 25th. "This – adds Schlein – it is a day in which the commitment to the fight for the defense of our Constitution and for its full implementation must be renewed. This is why we must remember the Resistance that freed us from the Nazi-fascists."
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