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National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe, or Giorno del ricordo in Italian language, is an Italian celebration for the memory of the victims of the Foibe and the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus.
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Law's motivation
This National Memorial Day is held annually on February 10 and is celebrated by all Italian political personalities including the President and comune mayors. This celebration is in memory of the killing and enforced exile of Italians and democrat or anticommunist Slavs ordered by communist dictator Josip Broz Tito in 1943-60.
The incidents are known as the foibe massacres and the Istrian exodus. The estimated number of people killed varies from 1,500 upwards, and up to 400,000 Italians were expelled or emigrated from Dalmatia, Istria and the area bordering Slovenia.[1]
Law's iter
Exiles requested a kind of this step many years ago but diplomatic reasons delaied this deliberation in connection with continuative pacific relationship of Broz Tito, who was useful figure against Soviet empire during the cold war; but after the end of all communist dictatorships in Europe and consequent dissolution of Italian Communist Party, law's iter mounted to parliament.[2] Italian deputies and senators almost unanimously voted favourably and the law was instituted with number 92 on March 30 2004.[3]
Law's effect
The National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe is a civilian memorial day but no reduction of working time is observed.[4] The law grants an award, but no money, for all relatives of assassinated victims, upon request. Those who died in concentration camps are also considered victims. The award consists of a certificate and a metal insignia with sentence The Italian Republic remembers. The law also institutes two museums; the Museum of Istrian-Dalmatian civilization in Trieste and the historical archive museum of Fiume, transported to Rome.
See also
- Istria
- History of Dalmatia
- Istrian Italians
- Dalmatian Italians
- Ethnic cleansing
- Anti-Italianism
- Croatization
References
- ^ adnkronos article
- ^ Article by Daniel J. Wakin
- ^ "Declaration of Vote" (in Italian) (PDF). Transcript of the 561st Session of the Italian Senate. pp. 38 and following. http://www.senato.it/service/PDF/PDFServer?tipo=BGT&id=98109.
- ^ Official Italian law
External links
- (Italian)Giornodelricordo.it
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