Trieste, 7 November 2020: due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the traditional commemoration for the Austrian-Hungarian fallen of the 1914-18 World War is postponed.
TRIESTE, DECEMBER 1918, OPERATION PURGE: REMOVING THE “BAD” ITALIANS
On November 3rd, 1918, as Italian troops enter the city, Trieste loses her freedom. Office I.T.O. takes upon itself to rid the city of the “bad Italians”.
A YOUNG VIENNESE HERO
21 August 1917: young Viennese officer Friedrich Franek fights in the 11th Battle of the Isonzo, defending Altitude Quota 146 – Flondar.
Trieste commemorates its Austro-Hungarian fallen on 10 November 2019
The commemoration takes place on Sunday, 10 November 2019, at 11AM, in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosek-Prosecco (Trieste, Karst plateau).
THE TRIESTE CLAN: MAFIA IN BLACK SHIRTS
Trieste’s local nationalistic “camorra” hides behind a patriotism that, in truth, is ruthless nationalism: in exchange for its loyalty, it enjoys many benefits.
TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE
…Randaccio died an agonizing death […] D’Annunzio […] managed to turn his friend’s meaningless end into a gruesomely patriotic and romantic tale.