Meloni, foibe: “Our compatriots from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia are Italian twice”

«Today Italy celebrates the Day of Remembrance and pays its tribute to the martyrs of the sinkholes and to the Italians of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia forced to abandon their homes and their lands for the mere fact of being Italian. Hundreds of thousands of our compatriots forced to flee and that the nation, on several occasions, was unable to welcome as it would have been right to do”.

Giorgia Meloni affirms it in the message in which she recalls that «the memory of the sinkholes and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus has been the victim of a real conspiracy of silence for too many years. The Republic has mended this painful page of national history with the law n. 92 of 30 March 2004, which establishes the civil solemnity that we celebrate today and which commits the institutions to promote knowledge of those facts, to enhance the contribution of the Italians of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia to the social and cultural development of the eastern Adriatic territories and to preserve the traditions of the Istrian-Dalmatian communities residing on the national territory and abroad».

«It is the reason – explains the Prime Minister – for which I wanted to set up a specific coordination committee at Palazzo Chigi for the celebrations linked to this day, in order to guarantee more effective planning of the initiatives and ceremonies proposed and organized by the Administrations on the occasion of February 10 “. «The government’s thanks go to the exiles and their descendants for the irreplaceable work of witnessing and to all the associations, foundations, companies and committees that carry on the memory of those events and work tirelessly on research, documentation and dissemination “, he continues. “Our compatriots from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia are “Italian twice” and keep our flag in their hearts. its marvelous colours, the seat of government», concludes Meloni.

The leader of the League Matteo Salvini: “To commemorate the Day of remembrance also in Sanremo, but above all that the tragedy of the sinkholes is always remembered by the Italians and taught in schools”. He said it on the sidelines of the ceremony for placing laurel wreaths at the Monument to infoibati and exiles, in Piazza della Repubblica in Milan. «The important thing – he adds – is that we remember these hundreds of thousands of Italians massacred, slaughtered, forced to flee and who were only to blame for being Italian and not Communists. In the hearts of many Italians and in schools. Then I leave the honors and duties to Rai, but I hope that since it is an important day for millions of Italians, the Festival of Italian song will dedicate a few seconds to this tragic page. But it’s not that if something doesn’t happen in Sanremo it doesn’t happen, but since they’re talking about the whole human universe, this is Italian history».