“78 years have passed since the days of the Nazi-Fascist massacre carried out in the hamlets of Stazzema. The horror has struck our lands, our people, testifying to the effects of perverse ideologies that are hostile to people’s dignity and freedom”. He states it the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
“The assassins, officers and soldiers of the SS, who carried out the massacre aided by fascists in the area – he continues – manifested to the end inconceivable inhumanity, hitting hundreds of innocent people, slaughtering the elderly, women, children, exterminated with ferocity, leaving tortured bodies and The memory of the massacre of Sant’Anna di Stazzema is, for the whole of Europe, a constant push to keep in the first place the theme of respect for people’s lives, of peace as a necessary historical horizon, of participation in common perspectives. of life and development. The profound sign of such a great horror is engraved with indelible characters in the conscience of the Republic. From the reaction to that abyss came the moral and civil redemption of our people, the second Risorgimento of our country. took the roots of a civil coexistence that found its architraves in the Constitution “.
“The Italians – continues the head of state – owe great gratitude to the few surviving witnesses, to the families of the victims, to those who have worked over the years to reconstruct circumstances and events, to reconstruct individual stories. Their testimony has been precious, contributing to build a living memorial, intimately connected to the values and principles that regulate the life of our community: a permanent reminder to successive generations “.
Also the President of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati recalled the Nazi-Fascist massacre: “The massacre of Sant’Anna di Stazzema represents one of the deepest wounds inflicted by Nazi-Fascism on our country. That morning of 12 August 1944 the very essence of humanity was violated by the massacre of 560 victims unarmed civilians, including the elderly, women and 130 children. 78 years later, the memory of that massacre reminds us that the repudiation of war and violence is an essential duty for our Republic and one of the pillars on which it was founded “.
“It was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Second World War that of Sant’Anna di Stazzema. 78 years ago in this small town in Tuscany 560 civilians died. 130 were children. I will always carry with me the emotions I experienced last year on the occasion of the commemorations in the presence of the representatives of the institutions and survivors. Their testimonies touched the deepest chords of the heart. I am more and more convinced of the need to fulfill one of the most important duties for every citizen: the duty of memory and honor to sacrifice of those who preceded us. We owe it to our past and above all to the future of a great country “declares the deputy of FI and Undersecretary for Relations with Parliament, Deborah Bergamini.
Source: Ansa
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