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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