Il Sentiero della Memoria di Vestenanova

In 2014, on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-fascist reprisals, Vestenanova commemorated its dead and the sacrifice of many families destroyed by the burning of their homes, stables, livestock, their savings and memories of a lifetime and organized a walk through the martyr hamlets of July 10 (Luisi, Pezzati, Montanari, Brusaferri), with the presence of banners of the Alpini, infantrymen, retired Carabinieri and with the participation of hundreds of people.

Through meadows, woods and valleys a long and solemn procession of people walked for 3 hours on a beautiful sunny day, stopping near the hamlets that had been burned, near plaques or crosses that recall the places of killings and listening to the testimonies of sons and grandchildren of the victims, in an atmosphere of emotion and respectful homage to the innocent slaughtered.

That fateful 1944 presented a terrible toll of death and destruction: 15 civilian victims and 5 hamlets burned on July 10, 4 victims and 24 hamlets set on fire on September 12 and 14, 3 victims on November 18.

22 innocent deaths and a destroyed town in 1944, another 13 deaths in 1945 led to Vestenanova being awarded the bronze medal for military valor, the only municipality in the province of Verona to receive this recognition, in addition to the gold medal of the city of Verona.

With the help of these precious witnesses it was possible to reconstruct the events of that year and retrace the human stories of the 22 innocent victims of 1944. The memories were collected in a booklet entitled “The painful path of memory. 1944 – 2014”.

 

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