(ANSA) – TRIESTE, APRIL 15 – In Rossosch, the Russian city that was the headquarters of the Alpine Army Corps Command in 1942, the stone commemorating all the Fallen in World War II was destroyed and scarred with the symbol of the white Z . This was announced by the National Alpini Association, specifying that the memorial stone had been placed by the same Association in front of the “Sorriso” kindergarten, a childcare facility that houses 180 children, built in 1993 by Alpine volunteers and donated to the city as a sign of reconciliation and brotherhood.
On the small monument, stylized and superimposed, an Alpine hat and the star symbol of the Russian Army were found, while the plaque carried the inscription “From a tragic past, a present of friendship for a future of fraternal collaboration”.
The Alpini remember that in recent days also the Friendship Bridge built by the Alpine troops at Nikolajewka on the Valuji river was defaced with the white Z while the silhouettes of the Alpine hats were covered with a sheet metal.
“Bitterness and despair are the first feelings I feel in front of the images that come to us from Rossosch – commented Sebastiano Favero, President Ana – because I think of the enthusiasm, the stubbornness and generosity with which our veterans of Russia had wanted to create permanent symbols of peace and brotherhood in those lands that had been marred by war “, recalling one of the princes of the Alpini,” honoring the dead by helping the living “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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