illustrates the phases of the convulsive birth of the 8th Brigade Garibaldi, the partisan group which operated in the Apennines Forlì-Cesena, the website Institute for the History of Resistance said: "In early December 1943 he was appointed commander of the detachment Richard Fedele (Free), whose conceptions of the partisan struggle placed him at odds with the first Antonio Carini, military commander of the partisans of Romagna, and then with Hilary Tabarro (Peter), at the end of March 1944, after a dramatic political confrontation, replaced under the command of the brigade, strong at the time of nearly one thousand units. " A tragedy and a crime cleared by reductive phrase 'a dramatic political confrontation'. A perfect example of the power to silence fell over sixty years on the crimes committed in the field of resistance. Yes, because the partisan leader Richard Fedele, nom de guerre 'Free', was ousted from the command and wound up brutally murdered along with his wife Zita Chiapa and vilified after his death. So much so that even his name does not appear in the list of the fallen of Resistenza.Riccardo Fedel Gorizia was a militant communist, born in 1905, that the September 8, 1943 left the Army uniform Italian and became a partisan in Romagna, animating the early formation of the resistance in the mountains. Impatient to party discipline and command directives, he began clashing with the leaders of the Communist Party and especially Hilary Tabarre, a 'bulldog' who had fought in Spain and professed an uncompromising Stalinism. Free scored so his fate. He went out of the way, whatever the cost. Was dismissed and accused of illegally seized a sum parachuted by the Allies. He was kicked, then chased and finally caught. No one knows exactly where he was killed, but it is certain that his conviction - performed after the war - is a fake. As it is the false accusation of being a informant of the fascists. The battles of family historians and researchers have made her dignity, but the 'guardians of memory' - as Pansa - have not yet returned the honor and above all the truth.
Emanuele Chesi
Interview with Giampaolo Pansa
TRAGEDY of Shareware (Riccardo Fedele), first commander of the Brigade Group Romagna (later the 8th Brigade Garibaldi) to be killed by the new brigade commanders who had denigrated the first and then dismissed, was brought to national attention last Giampaolo Pansa's book "The gendarmes of memory." Columnist Espresso one of the biggest names in political journalism Italian, is a historical formation. Born in 1935 in Casale Monferrato, and graduated in 1959 with a thesis on the partisan war between Genoa and the Po, was a pupil of Guido and Alessandro Galante Garrone Quazza. He has written many books but with the latest - from the 'losers' in 'Unknown 1945' - has sparked fierce debate lifting the veil on tragedies and massacres of the civil war and immediate postwar period.
In his latest book "The gendarmes of memory" pages are devoted to bloody episodes that occurred during the period 1945-48 in Emilia. For the first time, however, brings to the fore the national figure of Free. What is the importance of this case?
PANSA "The merit of having discovered and reconstructed the story of all is the lawyer Free Christmas Graziani. I thank him again for allowing me to use his extraordinary research. This case is an example of the 'gray areas' that still exist in the history of the Italian Resistance, as he had said a year ago the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. Trying to light does not mean slander guerrilla warfare, like the scream 'Gendarmes of Memory'. But it means a return to that tragic phase of our national history, its reality, its drama and also his wounded humanity. " The story of Free
is emblematic of the conflicts and contradictions within the partisan movement?
"For some time, in my book is about many small Porzus that should be told. Almost all have the same origin: the dominance of PCI over other anti-fascist parties and the revolutionary strategy of joint training. Now, this seems almost a trivial statement. But there are still many people left, who does not know and do not want to see. This is also one of the reasons for the revocation of the many sinister born from the dissolution of the old partiton Red. "
For the other protagonist of the story, Hilary Tabarro 'Peter', called 'English', she has the words hard. Who was cloak?
"I do not think I have written harsh words about Tabarro. I tried to tell it in its historical truth. After all, just read his writings to understand that English was the classic picture of the Communist Comintern. A man of some coherent and courageous, but altogether the slave of his own ideology. "
The drama of this story is that after 63 years do not want to acknowledge all the way to honor the Free and even say to his son Luciano Fedel (which was tied to the left after all) where he was killed and buried father!
"drama similar to those of the free and full history of the Second World War and also our strength. Traces of that historical period persist. Silence does not help anyone. The truth is the only law to which a historian must obey. Especially if he is an amateur like me. "
(interview by Oscar Bandini)
Emanuele Chesi
Interview with Giampaolo Pansa
TRAGEDY of Shareware (Riccardo Fedele), first commander of the Brigade Group Romagna (later the 8th Brigade Garibaldi) to be killed by the new brigade commanders who had denigrated the first and then dismissed, was brought to national attention last Giampaolo Pansa's book "The gendarmes of memory." Columnist Espresso one of the biggest names in political journalism Italian, is a historical formation. Born in 1935 in Casale Monferrato, and graduated in 1959 with a thesis on the partisan war between Genoa and the Po, was a pupil of Guido and Alessandro Galante Garrone Quazza. He has written many books but with the latest - from the 'losers' in 'Unknown 1945' - has sparked fierce debate lifting the veil on tragedies and massacres of the civil war and immediate postwar period.
In his latest book "The gendarmes of memory" pages are devoted to bloody episodes that occurred during the period 1945-48 in Emilia. For the first time, however, brings to the fore the national figure of Free. What is the importance of this case?
PANSA "The merit of having discovered and reconstructed the story of all is the lawyer Free Christmas Graziani. I thank him again for allowing me to use his extraordinary research. This case is an example of the 'gray areas' that still exist in the history of the Italian Resistance, as he had said a year ago the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. Trying to light does not mean slander guerrilla warfare, like the scream 'Gendarmes of Memory'. But it means a return to that tragic phase of our national history, its reality, its drama and also his wounded humanity. " The story of Free
is emblematic of the conflicts and contradictions within the partisan movement?
"For some time, in my book is about many small Porzus that should be told. Almost all have the same origin: the dominance of PCI over other anti-fascist parties and the revolutionary strategy of joint training. Now, this seems almost a trivial statement. But there are still many people left, who does not know and do not want to see. This is also one of the reasons for the revocation of the many sinister born from the dissolution of the old partiton Red. "
For the other protagonist of the story, Hilary Tabarro 'Peter', called 'English', she has the words hard. Who was cloak?
"I do not think I have written harsh words about Tabarro. I tried to tell it in its historical truth. After all, just read his writings to understand that English was the classic picture of the Communist Comintern. A man of some coherent and courageous, but altogether the slave of his own ideology. "
The drama of this story is that after 63 years do not want to acknowledge all the way to honor the Free and even say to his son Luciano Fedel (which was tied to the left after all) where he was killed and buried father!
"drama similar to those of the free and full history of the Second World War and also our strength. Traces of that historical period persist. Silence does not help anyone. The truth is the only law to which a historian must obey. Especially if he is an amateur like me. "
(interview by Oscar Bandini)
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