"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."
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