Well, I
haven’t posted anything lately, but now I have something really valuable.
As you all
know, today, 27th January, is the Holocaust Memorial Day.
Although
generally we all tend to associate the tragedy of the Holocaust with Hitler’s
Nazism, it is important to remember that Mussolini played an important role too. Racial discrimination was imposed in Italy
with the Racial Laws (Leggi Razziali) starting from 1938 for the first five
years of Fascist rule. There were concentration camps in Italy, and even some really
big ones.
Today, in
occasion of the events taking place in Milan to mark the Memorial Day,
Berlusconi made a surprise appearance.
Here is a
part of his statement:
“Today it is difficult to stand in the shoes
of those who had to decide back then […] Italy, out of fear, preferred to join
forces with Germany rather than to fight it, and the
extermination of the Jews was imposed in that agreement. So the racial laws
were the biggest fault of Mussolini, who actually did well in other respects”.
He then
added:
“Italy does
not have the same responsibilities that Germany has, even if there was a
connivance that at the beginning wasn’t entirely conscious“
There are
no words to comment what Berlusconi said. I think all I can do is apologise on
his behalf.
I want to
hope that his statements will at least remind us all, once again, how important
it is not to forget such terrible things.
Video (in Italian):
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