"The decision of the population of Naples, Campania and many other southern cities, to rise up against the former ally, who turned into a barbarian occupier, was a courageous and human reaction, against the very denial of the principles of humanity. And today there is agreement among historians in assigning the title of resistant to all those who, with weapons or without, putting their lives at stake,
oppose a foreign invasion
, the fruit of arbitrariness and contrary to the law, as well as to the very sense of dignity ".
President Sergio Mattarella said this when speaking in Acerra on the occasion of 25 April.
"In the early hours of February 24 we were all reached by the news that the Russian Armed Forces had invaded Ukraine, entering its territory. Like everyone, that day, I felt a heavy sense of alarm, sadness, indignation. A these feelings immediately joined the thought of the Ukrainians awakened by the bombs. And, thinking of them, these words came to mind: "This morning I woke up and I found the invader." We all know where these words come from .
They are the first of Bella ciao
", said the head of state.
"This going back in history represents a danger not only for Ukraine but for all Europeans. We feel the need to immediately stop, with determination, this drift of war before it can further disrupt international coexistence, before it can tragically extend .
This is the path to peace, to restore
it; so that it can once again be the cornerstone of life in Europe. This is why we say with conviction: long live freedom, everywhere. Particularly where it is threatened or trampled ", the president said. in Acerra.
April 25, Mattarella places a laurel wreath at the Altare della Patria
Italy returns to the streets today for the 77th anniversary of the Liberation, after two years of celebrations conditioned by Covid.
This time massive presences are expected in many cities, but the shadow of the war in Ukraine is worrying and dividing minds.
The President of the Republic
Mattarella paid tribute to the Unknown Soldier
at the Altare della Patria, in the presence of the highest officials of the state and authorities.
The head of state laid a laurel wreath and then observed a minute of silence.
Message from Prime Minister Draghi
: "April 25 is the day of gratitude to those who fought for peace and for the freedom of Italy from the dictatorship of Nazi-Fascism. The generosity, courage, patriotism of the partisans and of all the Resistance are values alive, strong, current. Today we celebrate the memory of the struggle and the ideals of the Resistance on which our peace was built. To all Italians, Happy Liberation Day ".
"
The feast of April 25, as always, also speaks to our present
, which speaks of war, where a power attacks and bloodyly destroys a sovereign country in the heart of Europe.
But a present still marked by the pandemic, with its human and social costs.
April 25 reminds us that resisting is necessary, it is a duty.
Yesterday like today.
Everywhere justice, dignity, life itself are trampled on, humiliated, destroyed. "These are the words of the letter sent by Liliana Segre, senator for life, and read this morning in Monte Sole di Marzabotto.
On the notes of 'Bella Ciao' the parade of the Anpi in Rome started from Largo Bompiani, which will end at Porta San Paolo, a symbol of the Resistance.
Some hundreds of people are parading, with the banner 'The Partisans' on their heads.
"We want to maintain the sense of celebration and communion for the fallen of the Resistance", explains the president of Rome and Lazio, Fabrizio de Sanctis, who, regarding the controversy over Ukraine, adds: "We have always condemned the occupation of a sovereign state. however, peace is central. We are against the sending of arms and against the rearmament of Europe ".
Many flags of peace, among the many banners one of the CGIL.
"We with the fascists finished talking on April 25, 1945".
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"It is really difficult to make sense of the pain of families, of the suffering of an entire community that, 78 years later, continues to live the memory of that tragedy. Yet, the Liberation Day shows us that this devastating madness is not succeeded in annihilating us. We managed to recover from the barbarism and the spiral of hatred animated by attachment to human solidarity, by a sense of honor, by a strong desire for rebirth ".
This was said by the President of the Senate
Maria Elisabetta Casellati
to the celebrations for April 25 held in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
"The experience of resistance was decisive - he added -, whose historical value goes far beyond the etymological meaning of the term. It was not just a mere opposition to a reality of dictatorship, oppression and prevarication. Alongside action destructive, the resistance was also a movement of affirmation of a new dimension of national belonging. The spontaneous movement of a composite populace, which, in the pluralism of political, cultural and religious visions, fought for liberation and together to affirm perspectives of freedom , justice, democracy, equality and solidarity ".
"April 25 reminds us that our Republic was born from the Resistance. Our thoughts go to the Ukrainians who lost their lives in the crazy war of the Russian Federation".
So
Roberto Fico
, president of the Chamber, in San Martino di Monte Sole, in Marzabotto. "We are shocked by what is happening in Europe and for this we must strongly renew the will to be a community that wants to build peace. 'Italy made an important and courageous choice with military aid, because on February 24 the world changed and Europe's response could be divided, instead it was united and this is the important thing ".
"Enough wars. Against Putin and NATO"
: this banner of the Communist Refoundation, together with another in which it represents death with a scythe and a cloak with the American flag, is present in Largo Bompiani, in Rome.
"I do not agree with these flags, they are inappropriate, we will deal with them. We are grateful to the Allies and to the thousands of young Americans who died for the Liberation of Italy", comments the president of Anpi Rome and Lazio, Fabrizio De Sanctis.
In
Milan
, the traditional national demonstration of the Anpi and the president Gianfranco Pagliarulo - accused of pro-Russian positions and critical of the sending of weapons to Kiev - reiterated the "condemnation without ifs and buts of the invasion by the army of Putin and the recognition of the legitimate Ukrainian resistance ".
In
Genoa
the 71 members of the Ukrainian National People's Choir 'G.
Veryovka ', who arrived in Italy aboard two buses from Warsaw, will perform in a concert at the Carlo Felice Opera House.
