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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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"The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so."

— Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century