National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (in Italian: "Giorno del Ricordo") is Italian celebration in memory of ethnic cleansing's victims in massacres of Foibe and exiles from Dalmatia, Istria and "Venezia Giulia".

Official comment

Italian president Giorgio Napolitano took an official speech in which he stated:

National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe

Cause of step

Step for this celebration was allowed by the end of communist totalitarian regimes in Balkan nations because culpability of these crimes is of old politicians. Celebration was instituted in 2004 and first Memorial Day was held in 2005.

National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe

Related pages

Massacres of Foibe

Istrian-Dalmatian exodus

Dalmatian Italians

Italian cultural and historic presence in Dalmatia

List of Italian place names in Dalmatia

Venice and Dalmatia

Italian language in Croatia

Italy

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

Italy

History of Italy

National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe