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Rome - On the sinkholes and the tragedy of Italians in Istria is over the time of oblivion: they have convinced the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale, who just celebrated the Day of memory. "We are here to renew this year the joint effort of memory, of proximity, solidarity - said Napolitano - against oblivion, against forms of removal diplomatic weighed in the past and caused so much suffering. "And the president of the Chamber, Gianfranco Fini, warned:" It 's still present, serves historical memory against trying to remove.
between oblivion and memory The head of state stressed that there is a "full continuity" between his speech today and that of previous years when "I wanted to say certain things From the beginning of my seven years, even in the face of unwarranted and unpleasant reactions to my words out of Italy that were respectful of everyone. "Napolitano said that Italy is "with those who lived the tragedy of war, sinkholes, exodus, we are next to them and their families, in addition to the families of innocent victims of horrific persecution and massacres." It is not just words, the president said, "Our commitment is to close for the resolution of outstanding problems and certainly the attention of the Government in relation to the new institutions and the Slovenian and Croatian authorities." "It is - said Napolitano - memory to grow all in view of the sesquicentennial of a united and a renewed commitment to build that Europe increasingly representative of its diverse traditions and more and more firmly Integrated is needed in the globalized world of today and tomorrow. "
Fini:" We need a historical memory " The story of the exodus and the victims of the sinkholes is also the story of" an unfair attempt to remove that did not take account of the many tribulations and a lot of pain experienced by three hundred thousand Italians who were forced into exile. "Ushering in the House, on the Day of Remembrance, the exhibition The Italians evidence of the exodus of images and objects , Fini explained that it is "essential to promote among young people the widest possible in-depth knowledge of all the pages of our past, and especially of those most painful, as the exodus of Italians and the tragedy of sinkholes, so that their formation takes place in the public awareness of the historical memory and the need to defend all human rights, against any violation motivated by racism, totalitarianism. " Unfortunately, as is widely known - said Fini - around these exiles are not pressed or not pressed enough, the embrace of solidarity Italy. The country was, in many cases, indifferent, sometimes hostile. Many refugees had to live a long time in refugee camps, in poor condition and difficult. Their suffering was overshadowed and obscured. There is no doubt that this represents a further tragedy. The history of `exodus and victims of sinkholes is this is the story of an unjust attempt to remove it did not take account of the many tribulations and a lot of pain experienced by three hundred thousand Italians who were forced into exile. "
Meloni:" Dark Ages ideological "" There are no definitions, if not that difficult of an ideological obscurantism, to explain the attitude of some schools today from Rome, whose leaders have refused to celebrate the Day of Remembrance. Silent, to hide from students the national tragedy of sinkholes, is to deny it. This is true for Foibe as the Holocaust and all the dramas of the past, whose memory has no sense of compensation, but the lesson of life against the younger. "Following the decision in the management of elementary school and high school Iqbal Masih socio-psycho-pedagogical Vittorio Gassman not to commemorate Remembrance Day, the Minister of Youth, Giorgia Meloni said that "even more serious is the attitude of indifference by the Institute Gassman, all'assordante where silence has added a real act of censorship against an initiative promoted by the students of Remembrance" . Today we are all called to remember a tragic page in the history of Italy, to deal with a wound in the conscience of course still open National - concluded Meloni - the school can not barter its educational duty in the name of unconcealed political activism, because it betrays its social mission, and who does not understand this is inadequate to hold positions of responsibility. "
