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Sign: Ragusa - City Hall - Commemorative plaque for opponents of the Nazi-fascist rule of WWII


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Corso Italia, 72, 97100 Ragusa RG, Italy
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On the sign:
CONTRO LA VIOLENZA
AVVILENTE DELL OPPRESSIONE NAZI-FASCISTA
CONTRO IL TENTATIVO DI SOFFOCARE LA DIGNITA LA COSCIENZA LA LIBERTA
IL POPOLO ITALIANO SEPPE TROVARE
NELLE PAGINE LUMINOSE
-NEL SACRIFICIO E NELLA FEDE-
DELLA RESISTENZA IL SIMBOLO DELLA SUA VERA PASSATA GRANDEZZA.
NEL VENTENNALE
RAGUSA. PARTECIPE DI QUESTO ALTISSIMO DOCUMENTO MORALE
DI QUESTO NUOVO RISORGIMENTO DELL ITALIA
SI CHINA RIVERENTE NEL RICORDO DI QUANTI SACRIFICARONO LA LORO VITA PER UN AVVENIRE FONDATO SULLA DEMOCRAZIA E SULLA LIBERTA
XXV APRILE 1964
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One of the signs on the wall of the town hall of Ragusa.
The sign was placed on the 20th anniversary of World War II and indicates the residents of Ragusa who fell in their resistance to the fascist Nazi rule that ruled Italy during this period.

The town hall was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The wall with this commemorative plaque on it, and other plaques was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
AGAINST THE DEGRADING
VIOLENCE OF NAZI-FASCIST OPPRESSION
AGAINST THE ATTEMPT TO SUFFOCATE DIGNITY, CONSCIENCE AND FREEDOM
THE ITALIAN PEOPLE WAS ABLE TO FIND
IN THE LUMINOUS PAGES
-IN SACRIFICE AND FAITH-
OF THE RESISTANCE THE SYMBOL OF ITS TRUE PAST GREATNESS.
ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
RAGUSA. PARTICIPATING IN THIS VERY HIGH MORAL DOCUMENT
OF THIS NEW RISE OF ITALY
BOWS REVERENTLY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR A FUTURE FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM
25 APRIL 1964

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