the disfigurement of the Resistance in Reggio Emilia

The theft of 25 April it is an insult to the partisans and to the history of the Resistence. Emilia Romagna shocked by what happened to Gattaticoin the Reggio Emilia area, with the theft of the proceeds from the house-museum Deer Housethe house where father Alcide and his seven children lived massacred at the end of 1943 by the fascist militias at the Reggio Emilia range.

On the day of Liberation Like every year, there were many visitors who crossed the threshold of the house-museum to keep alive the memory of one of the most sadly famous massacres of those bloody years. At 11pm on Thursdayan employee and a collaborator of the Cervi Institute came out after closing Casa Cervi and had with them the day’s takings. In the nearby car park they were attacked by a group of people who stole several from them tens of thousands of euros. According to the reconstruction provided to the investigators, i thieves (3 or 4) would have hit by spraying pepper spray. “The attack fortunately did not have serious consequences on people, but in just a few seconds a good part of the proceeds of a splendid April 25th, the work of many volunteers, the collaborators of Casa Cervi, and the enthusiasm of a public went up in smoke involved and generous”, explained the Institute.

“This House – underlined the president Albertina Soliani – continues to be in the crosshairs, 80 years ago set on fire by fascists, today the target of this attack”. “A shame”, he defined the incident Stefano Bonaccinipresident of PD and governor (outgoing, because he is a candidate for the European elections) ofEmilia Romagna, which announced its participation in the support campaign for Casa Cervi promptly launched after the theft. “Memory and remembrance must also be supported materially. Resistance is a value of all the Italian people and the Alcide Cervi Institute is particularly so for us Emilia-Romagna people”.

“In these hours we continue to receive hundreds of certificates of solidarity for what happened at the end of the party on April 25th at Casa Cervi. Many associations and institutions, but also private citizens, are urging us to open a channel of direct support to the Cervi Institute. In order to welcome this exceptional and timely mobilization we are making our Iban available to those who want to support us at this moment, in which it is not only Casa Cervi that has been robbed, but all the people of April 25th. For those who want, as they want,. the reason for the payment is ‘Casa Cervi Resists‘”, we read on the Institute’s website. Boorea Cooperative And Legacoop Emilia West they opened a fundraiser with their members and also Coop Alliance 3.0 decided to allocate an extraordinary contribution after the “unfortunate attack with theft”.