"Today is an important day because we remember the many Roman citizens deported and killed in the Nazi extermination camps. On January 4, 1944 there was the political deportation of the anti-fascist prisoners of Regina Coeli, but not only. There were other deportations, the community Jewish culture was particularly affected and many other anti-fascist Romans were persecuted. Memory and remembrance must be cultivated. Oblivion and indifference must be opposed because they risk reviving us and returning to dramatic pages. Rome cultivates its memory and its history, and it does so together with the associations of deportees, anti-fascist associations, associations that recall a season of pain but also of anti-fascist and democratic struggle and revenge which then built our democracy ".This was stated by the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri after taking part in the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the deportation of Roman citizens, politicians and Jews to the Wall of the Deported, at the Verano Monumental Cemetery.
Gualtieri al Verano to commemorate deported Romans
2022-01-04T14:02:48.773Z
The mayor: 'Rome cultivates its memory and its history' (ANSA) "Today is an important day because we remember the many Roman citizens deported and killed in the Nazi extermination camps. On January 4, 1944 there was the political deportation of the anti-fascist prisoners of Regina Coeli, but not only. There were other deportations, the community Jewish culture was particularly affected and many other anti-fascist Romans were persecuted. Memory and remembrance