Martyrs
The materials in this theme showcase the significance of commemorating the deaths of Italy's neo-fascist militants among the contemporary Italian far-right community.
A Domenico
(To Domenico)
On February 2, 2018, Domenico Maria Dorsa – a young member of the far-right groups Nihil Est Superius (Nothing Is Superior, NES) and Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy, FdI) – passed away following a car accident on the northern stretches of Rome's Great Ring Junction (GRJ) – a motorway which…
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Gabriele!
(Gabriel!)
On November 11, 2007, a group of SS Lazio fans, including the twenty-six-year-old DJ from Rome with known far-right sympathies, Gabriele Sandri, got into a fight with Juventus FC fans at a rest stop near the Tuscan city of Arezzo. As tensions escalated, a group of highway police officers were…
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7 gennaio
(January 7)
On January 7, 1978, five members of the Movimento Sociale Italiano's (Italian Social Movement, MSI) youth group, the Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front, FdG), were ambushed by five Lotta Continua (Ongoing Struggle) militants in front of one of the MSI's social centers in Rome's Tuscolano…
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Alberto Giaquinto – Nel suo nome avanza la rivoluzione
(Alberto Giaquinto – In Your Name the Revolution Advances)
Seventeen-year-old Alberto Giaquinto died on January 10, 1979 following a Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front, FdG) demonstration on the first anniversary of the Acca Larenzia killings which quickly turned violent. Giaquinto was shot by an undercover police officer, Alessio Speranza, as the former…
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Domenico vive! – Concerto in ricordo di Domenico
(Domenico Lives! – A Concert in Memory of Domenico)
On February 2, 2018, Domenico Maria Dorsa – a young member of the far-right groups Nihil Est Superius (Nothing Is Superior, NES) and Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy, FdI) – passed away following a car accident on the northern stretches of Rome's Great Ring Junction (GRJ) – a motorway which…
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Mikis Mantakas – L'Europa in lotta per la libertà non dimentica i suoi martiri
(Mikis Mantakas – Europe in the Struggle for Freedom Will Not Forget Its Martyrs)
A medicine student born in Athens, Mikis Mantakas lived in Rome where he was a member of Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front), the youth division of post-World War II Italy's neo-fascist political party, the Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement, MSI).
The first trial for the "Rogo di…
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Gabriele vive
(Gabriele Lives)
On November 11, 2007, a group of SS Lazio fans, including the twenty-six-year-old DJ from Rome with known far-right sympathies, Gabriele Sandri, got into a fight with Juventus FC fans at a rest stop near the Tuscan city of Arezzo. As tensions escalated, a group of highway police officers were…
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Stefano e Virgilio Mattei – Noi non dimentichiamo
(Stefano and Virgilio Mattei – We Will Not Forget)
Stefano and Virgilio Mattei were the sons of Mario Mattei, a member of the Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement, MSI). They were killed in an arson attack on their home in Primavalle, a residential neighborhood in northwest Rome, which was perpetrated on April 16, 1973 by members of…
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Dal popolo gli eroi
(Heroes [Come] from the People)
On January 7, 1978, five members of the Movimento Sociale Italiano's (Italian Social Movement, MSI) youth group, the Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front, FdG), were ambushed by five Lotta Continua (Ongoing Struggle) militants in front of one of the MSI's social centers in Rome's Tuscolano…
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Acca Larenzia
(Acca Larenzia)
On January 7, 1978, five members of the Movimento Sociale Italiano's (Italian Social Movement, MSI) youth group, the Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front, FdG), were ambushed by five Lotta Continua (Ongoing Struggle) militants in front of one of the MSI's social centers in Rome's Tuscolano…
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