Waldensians and Jews: the history of Italy's Giorgio Tourn
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The Memorial Day is now entered in the calendar and it is good that it is taking into account the manifestations of intolerance, xenophobia and anti-Semitism is not unusual to see which is given in 'Europe of today. On this issue, however, will start a good day, a further reflection that goes beyond the emotional climate sentimental inclusive of this condition and ask two questions. The national solidarity with the Jewish community is undoubtedly a good thing and it would be foolish to devalue in the name of some other position but it should go further and reflect on the problems that are behind the terrible events of the commemoration.
The first general order, and we associate with the Jewish community also Valdese, can be expressed in these terms: the story dramatic, painful, were the object of which is not primarily an expression of their identity but that of the nation. The history of persecution, repression and massacres is not their story, but Italy. And Italy is not only the geographical location in which these minorities have lived and suffered, but what made them suffer. Moved to the discrimination of Italian Jews under the fascist regime is essential as internal discipline, but the laws race did not come from heaven, are not natural disasters, are expressions of culture and consciousness (or lack of consciousness) of the Italians. Memorial Day means not only to commemorate the Shoah as an event, but first that was the inevitable end of what has preceded that event and what preceded it is but the history of the Jews Italian. It is treated with anti-Semitic fascist, fascism of self-interest, indifference, and so shy. etc..
This consideration leads to the second problem. The case is not a Jewish unique in our culture is quite the norm, the fact that we should set a day of remembrance is not accidental: Italian does not process the memory, and removes some memory Serbian. Memory is the result of a long critical elaboration of memories, this means analyzing such, audits, and often come to make judgments about themselves, that is, do what I said earlier reappropriation of the story where you have been involved and not turn it over to others. Our culture is the silence of oblivion, understood as the cancellation of a pardon acquittal which never or rarely knows repentance. E 'will suffice to examine seriously the history of fascism, war, terrorism to realize how far we are from the elaboration of a real memory. January 25, 2011 taken from the website: www.chiesavaldese.org |
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