Northern foothills of the Hermada, as seen from the valley of Brestovizza-Bretovica pri Komn Cursed Hermada “In the evening we stop, waiting for the Sektorkommando to send us a guide. In this area, the never-ending duel of the artillery is…
HERMADA PROJECT
Badge of the 28 k.u.k. Infantry Regiment, the lions of Mt. Hermada. Their nickname was “Prager kinder” (Prague children). We decided to actively rewrite our history. To tell the true history of Trieste. The history cancelled by Fascist Italy, which occupied us in November 1918 and…
WHY ITALIAN WAR CRIMES REMAINED UNPUNISHED
…we may feel sure that we bear the sword of justice… They wore black shirts, and Winston Churchill was fond of them. Because they had the natural ruthlessness of colonialists. The one with which inferior people were subjugated, exterminated. And at…
PURGING…
ITALIAN RACIAL LAWS IN TRIESTE AND THE BURDENS OF A FASCIST LEGACY It is the anniversary of the shameful proclamation of Italian racial laws. It was September 18th, 1938, and the city of Trieste, annexed to Italy after World War…
THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS OF ITALIAN HISTORY: THE SECOND THIRTY YEARS’ WAR
The history of the past century has lead to the end of Mitteleuropa, swept away by rising nationalisms resulting in two World Wars, even better, to a long war that lasted thirty years (1914-1945). The second Thirty Years’ War, the…
THOSE WHO PROTECTED TRIESTE AND THE FTT FROM 1945 TO 1954: THE BETFOR
At the end of World War II the new independence of Trieste, freed by the Allies, was defended by the troops of the United States and of the United Kingdom. The Allied troops were in charge of ensuring compliance with…