Italian president Sergio Mattarella on Friday spoke in memory of the Foibe massacres. February 10 is the 'National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe'. The 'foibe' refers to mass killings mainly in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Istria and Dalmatia during and after World War II against the local Italian population.
"The Europe of peace, democracy, freedom and respect for cultural identities was the response to the horrors of the twentieth century, which the 'foibe' were" part of, he said in a message read at the Chamber of Deputies. He went on to say that this was a "commitment that, 70 years after the peace treaty that put an end to the tragic war sparked by Nazi-Fascism, must remain to knock down fanaticism forever, the father of barbaric acts and cruelty fed by hatred."
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