Swastika on the War Memorial in Isola del Piano
ISOLA DEL PIANO – PESARO – Shock in Isola del Piano, where it is a swastika appeared engraved in the lapex of the War Memorialin the square of the Three Partisans.
Swastika on the War Memorial in Isola del Piano
The president of the Province Giuseppe Paolini, mayor of Isola del Piano, firmly condemns the incident: «The author or authors should be ashamed. Scarring the memory of our villagers who died in wars is abominable. A cowardly gesture to the nth degree. A terrible, unjustifiable offense, which demonstrates all the ignorance of the case. My father would take me to the monument and say, ‘These people died for you.’ Now we will clean it up but I hope that, when she is put back in her place, everyone will approach these names with due respect.”
They were in Isola del Piano the three partisans Leone Balducci, Gino Barcelli and Santo Gagliardotto were captured, shot on 11 May 1944 in Pesaro by a German military unit. Four other people died at the Montebello monastery in June 1944. «Our profound gratitude goes to them and to all those who gave their lives to defend the values on which our Constitution is based today», concludes Paolini.