Like every year, January 27th is the day dedicated to the commemoration of the victims of the Shoah , with many initiatives and meetings organised in our country, also aimed at the new generations.
"January 27th is not a reassuring date. It doesn't console, it doesn't calm. It unsettles. It must question. And it must do so especially today." This is the opening of the message that Alessandra Todde , President of the Sardinia Region, published on her social media channels for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"The history of the European twentieth century has taught us that racism is not just hatred," the message continues, "it is a system. It is a power structure that decides who is in and who is out . Who is protected and who is expendable. This is why today we cannot pretend not to see." Then there are references to " Minneapolis , where women and men die at the hands of a state that should protect them, and where that death becomes a global symbol of a racism that continues to produce victims ," to Gaza , "where an entire population lives under violence that denies a future, rights, and security , and where the pain of civilians is too often reduced to collateral damage," and again to Iran , "where women and men are killed for demanding a state that respects rights, freedom, and a future." "As institutions and citizens, we have a specific responsibility. Let us ask ourselves every day if we are tolerating an injustice, if we are turning a blind eye to persecution, if we are leaving room for those who perpetrate violence. January 27 does not ask us for silence. It asks us for responsibility," the conclusion.
The many commemorative events will be joined, as usual, by a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace, with a speech by President Sergio Mattarella.
(Unioneonline/ ns)
