The cult of death has always played a central role in the fascist political practice, but in the postwar period and especially during the regime was functional the construction of ideology in the Second World War has become the central place - just think of Predappio - the affirmation the presence and dignity of the revived political movement. One crucial point of this story that drags
to this day it was then, just half a century ago, the funeral of 14 victims of the Thiene. On December 21, 1957 were returned to Forli, including veterans of the banners and greetings Romans, the remains of soldiers killed Rsi forlivesi the war was over, one of the most cruel and bloody massacres after the war. The funeral took place at the Church of Suffrage understandable in a climate of tension.
On May 17, 1945 a 'death squad' went into action forlivesi of partisans in Thiene, near Vicenza, where the war is over were concentrated several former military Republicans. Fourteen nor be removed from a makeshift prison, based simply on a list compiled by the CLN of Forlì against them there were no charges or legal judgments, they were only prisoners of war as thousands of others. The reason given by the partisans for the 'withdrawal' was the illegal order of the CLN or the brigade headquarters to collect the former enemy combatants and subject to the opinion of a 'people's court' in the places of origin.
The fascists 'our own' were then separated and literally snatched from the family. In the books of memoirs fascist is said that everyone made immediately aware of going to his death. Were loaded onto a red pickup truck weblog Forlì and taken to a secluded area, near an old trench. Here was the execution of machine-gun rounds. Angelo fell sharpen, Benito Castagnoli, Alfredo Cimatti, Giovanni Fabbroni, Ermanno Guardigli, Olindo Lazzarini, Luigi Montanari, brothers Nello and Odone Picchi, Joseph Boys, Libero Rossi, Francesco Sampieri, Joseph Simoncelli, Domenico Valbruccioli. Some workers from a nearby quarry were forced to cover their bodies with the best palate of earth. And they were threatened not to tell anyone what they had seen.
But the killing, even in the climate of summary justice and revenge enveloped those months, caused a great impression. Already August 8, 1945 in Thiene denounced the police for murder some partisans Forlì. Among many events, arrests and release, the process of the case went on until 1958, when the Court of Assizes of Vicenza sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Hannibal Bertaccini, Bruno Servadei, Sauces and Dino Renato Morigi, acquitting the defendants other partisans. The judges made it clear that, after the war, the massacre had been nothing more than a common crime, aggravated by the defendants came from belonging to the police partisan. The sentences were, however, entirely forgiven killer and returned safely to their lives, while being marginalized by the same Party.
A year before that was somehow vindicated, the families of the victims were able to return to Forli the remains of their loved ones. During the same period of the return of the body of Mussolini after a decade of Predappio damnatio memoriae, even the 'heirs' of fascism had somehow regained at least the right to publicly honor their dead.
Emanuele Chesi
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