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April 25 in Italy is Liberation Day. We celebrate Italy’s liberation from Nazi-fascism and remember the partisans and the Italian Resistance. The symbol of this day is the song Bella Ciao. With material for A1/A2.
April 25: Italy Liberation Day
Exercises on Italy Liberation Day for A1/A2. Suitable for both class use and self-study.
April 25 is Liberation Day in Italy. It celebrates the liberation of Italy in 1945 from the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini and the German Nazi occupation. In particular, it commemorates the Italian resistance formed by partisans who helped the Anglo-American forces to liberate Italy. The symbolic date chosen was the liberation of the city of Milan on April 25, 1945.
In Italy, April 25 is a public holiday, so people don’t go to work or school. Cities organize various events, and particularly large is the event organized in Milan.
The symbol of this day is the partisan song Bella Ciao.
Who were the partisans?
The partisans were the Italian resistance against the fascist dictatorship and the Nazi occupation. Their help was crucial to the liberation of Italy by Anglo-American troops. The partisans were simple people who armed themselves as best they could. They belonged to different political tendencies (communists, monarchists, socialists, democrats, liberals, republicans, anarchists) gathered in the Committee of National Liberation (it. Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale). They hid mainly in the mountains and weakened the enemy with insurgency and sabotage, for example by damaging communication and transportation routes. Women also played an important role and were often the messengers who delivered information and news.
25 april 1945
In April 1945, the general uprising was organized by the partisans and the majority of the Italian cities of northern Italy were liberated before the arrival of the Allied troops. On April 25, the city of Milan, seat of the Partisan Command of Upper Italy, was liberated and this date was later chosen as a symbolic date for the liberation of all Italy from the Nazi fascists.
The Resistance played a fundamental role in the liberation of Italy and in it can be seen the origins of the Italian Republic. The Italian Constitution was written by members of the political parties that had created the Committee for National Liberation. They based the Constitution on the synthesis of their respective political traditions and inspired it with the principles of democracy and anti-fascism.
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