All must reckon with the case of
Sergio Ramelli, a neoFascist youth militant murdered by leftist
activists in Milan 50 years ago to whom the government dedicated
a postage stamp recently, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Monday.
Ramelli, a member of the Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front),
the youth wing of the neoFascist Italian Social Movement (MSI),
was brutally beaten by members of Avanguardia Operaia (Workers
Vanguard) on March 13, 1975, and died of his wounds on April 29
that year a few days before turning 19.
"A month and a half ago my government decided to dedicate a
stamp to the memory of Sergio Ramelli, for us a gesture that is
much more than symbolic: it means affirming that his story and
his death are a piece of Italian history that everyone on the
right and left must deal with", Meloni's said in a video message
sent for a commemorative event organized at Palazzo Lombardia,
the seat of the Lombardy regional government, in his memory.
"Today that memory is starting to be shared more, in an attempt
to heal a deep wound that must unite all the innocent victims of
hatred and political violence" she added.
A plaque was also recently unveiled at Ramelli's old school in
Milan, despite protests by leftwing students.
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