Resistance: Rojc (Pd), remembered Slovenes shot in Trieste

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 10 SET - "Grief for the fallen and the tenacity of the Resistance to Nazi-Fascism, the dignity of full citizenship, the constant dialogue across borders, the participation in the civil, democratic and economic growth of Trieste and the territory: these are the historical and current signs of the proud and centuries-old presence of Slovenes in the city and towns. We have particular awareness of the achievements and progress of our community, on the centenary of the Gentile Reform that effectively abolished the Slovenian language from schools, on the 80th anniversary of the fall of Mussolini, and especially on the 75th anniversary of our republican Constitution that finally sanctions the protection of linguistic minorities. " This was the reflection of Senator Tatjana Rojc, at the commemoration of the shooting of four Slovenian anti-fascists on September 6, 1930. The ceremony took place in Basovizza, with Slovenia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, with Mayor Roberto Dipiazza and Bishop Enrico Trevisi. The shooting followed the Fascist Special Tribunal's ruling against Ferdo Bidovec, Fran Marušič, Alojz Valenčič and Zvonimir Miloš. "Everything changed after the historic handshake of Presidents Mattarella and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor, which," the senator recalled, "in 2020 symbolically sanctioned respect for all the victims of the tragedies of the 20th century. The hope is to still work on pacification, recalling the past to find ourselves part of a common history, not to affirm divisive identities and ideologies." (ANSA).