AI MARTIRI DELLE FOIBE
AGLI ESULI DI ISTRIA FIUME DALMAZIA
RAGUSA 10 FEBBRAIO 2010

One of the signs on the wall of the town hall of Ragusa.
Massacre and deportation that took place immediately after World War II by Yugoslav partisans (1945-1943), of Italians who were in their neighboring areas. A Foibe is a funnel-like sinkhole, and the reason the massacre is so called is that the bodies of the murdered were thrown into such sinkholes. It is not clear what the exact number of those murdered was, and the numbers vary between 3,000 - 11,000

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:
TO THE MARTYRS OF THE FOIBE
TO THE EXILES OF ISTRIA FIUME DALMATIA
RAGUSA 10 FEBRUARY 2010