TERRORISM IN SLAVIC VENEZIA GIULIA
As documented by, among other things, in Apollonio Almerigo study "La Venezia Giulia by the Habsburgs to Mussolini," if the union with Italy was warmly welcomed by the Italians , an absolute majority in the region, at the Slavic minority had not initially or accession, or hostility, but rather a state of waiting, but not driven by animosity against the new government. Indeed, the relief activities of the people, exhausted by war and fame, by the Italian army was highly appreciated by Slovenes and Croats.
The situation changed quickly for the work is not Italian, but to the Yugoslav (the Apollonius is very clear on this point). The Yugoslav government formed secret organizations, which have bases on its soil, but also branched inVenezia Giulia, devoted to agitation and propaganda against Italy and Italians. Their work meant that much of the Slavic population, previously non-hostile, it became, however, on the new state to which he belonged. In fact, right after the war, the Yugoslav government claimed the action of terrorists dedicated to the murder Slavs in the territory of Venezia Giulia.
A brief assessment of the magnitude of terrorism in Slavic Venezia Giulia can be given by the following list, largely incomplete, their steps: In the period 1920-1922 we have the following actions at the hands of murderous terrorists Slavs :-murder of Marshal of the Guardia di Finanza, Postiglione, the Royal Guard Giuffrida, the Plutino financier, the policeman Cecchin, Poldu of the Royal Guard, Lieutenant Spano and Sergeant Sessa, took place in Trieste-murder of the financier Stanganelli Postumiaassassinio happened to the Sergeant of Police took place in Ferrara Pola-soldier's murder occurred in Palmerindo CarnizzaA since 1924 , formally resolved the dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav state has a policy of duplicity, formally and officially recognizing the boundary agreed, secretly funding and supporting other terrorist groups. Which are the responsibility of the following:-to attack military posts of the Guardia di Finanza-Molini. Coterdasnizza and assault committed by a band of twenty armed men, from across the border attaccarono il corpo di guardia del valico confinario di Unez, uccidendone il comandante, il sottobrigadiere Lorenzo Greco.-Nell'aprile del 1926 fu attaccata a scopo di rapina la stazione ferroviaria di Prestrane, con uccisioni del ferroviere Ugo Dal Fiume e la guardia di finanza Domenico Tempesta.-Nel mese di luglio 1926 fu appiccato il fuoco ad un bosco del comune di Trieste-nel novembre 1926 avvenne un attentato dinamitardo alla caserma di San Pietro del Carso, con la morte di Antonio Chersevan, mentre rimasero gravemente feriti Francesco Caucich ed Emilio Crali.-Nella notte del 10 febbraio 1927, nelle vicinanze del castello di Raunach vi fu un'imboscata ad una pattuglia militare, con sparatoria in cui rimasero feriti Andrea Sluga e Francesco Rovina.-Nel maggio 1927 fu tesa, sulla strada tra Postumia e San Pietro del Carso, un'altra imboscata ad una di queste pattuglie, ed in essa rimase ferito il soldanto Cicimbri -il 29 dicembre del 1927 di quell'anno fu incendiato il Ricreatorio di Prosecco.-Nell'aprile del 1928, ancora a Prosecco, fu incendiata la scuola elementare, -nel maggio dello stesso anno fu incendiata quella di Cattinara e fu tentato l'incendio dell'asilo infantile dell'Opera Nazionale Italia Redenta di Tolmino.-Il 3 agosto 1928 ebbe luogo l’assassinio a tradimento della guardia municipale di San Canziano, Giuseppe Cerquenik.-nello stesso mese fu incendiato il ricreatorio della Lega Nazionale di Prosecco, -ai primi di settembre del 1928 fu incendiata la scuola di Storie-il 22 settembre 1928, a Gorizia, Coghelli students were killed and a soldier Ventin who tried to stop the murderess of Coghelli.-In January 1929 he was the devastation of the nursery school of Fontana del Conte, in March 1929, there was the assassination, to worms, Francesco Tuchtan. -In June 1929, there was the burning of the school Smogliani - in July 1929 was blown up the powder keg of Prosecco-in November 1929 was the robbery of post office-Ranzano in December 1929 there were the attempts killing of S. Curet Dorligo Valley and Francis Fonda.-guard in January 1930 there was the bombing of the Faro della Vittoria in Trieste, in February-was burned to the kindergarten-Corgnale always was assassinated in February to put the city Cruscevie Goffredo Blasina.-Il 10 febbraio ci fu l'attentato dinamitardo al Popolo di Trieste, in cui morì lo stenografo Guido Neri, mentre rimasero gravemente feriti i correttori di bozze Dante Apollonio, Giuseppe Missori ed il fattorino Marcelle Bolle.-Nel maggio del 1930 furono assassinati a San Dorligo della Valle i coniugi Marangoni-nei primi giorni del settembre 1920, in uno scontro a fuoco con dei terroristi sloveni che cercavano d'introdursi in regione, fu uccisa la guardia alla frontiera Romano Moise e il suo commilitone, Giuseppe Caminada, fu gravemente ferito.Si noti come questo elenco sia approssimato per difetto, sebbene presenti un bilancio impressionante per numero di azioni terroristiche e loro gravità. Ciò che rende particolarmente gravi le azioni these is the fact that they were the work of clandestine groups independent, but terrorist organizations created, controlled and organized by the Yugoslav state itself. Jugo-Slav state was pursuing a policy of duplicity, first officially recognizing the frontier obtained from Italy, it will form the nuclei armed terrorist, who had their headquarters in the territory of Yugo-Slav and were organized, trained, armed, led Yugoslav army Slavic. The use of such tools were not new at the Yugo-Slav state, which inherited a tradition of its own the Serbian, who had also served as terrorist organizations ("Black Hand" and “Mano Bianca”) per combattere la presenza asburgica in Bosnia-Erzegovina.Le associazioni terroristiche jugo-slave, che prendevano il nome di “Tigr” e “Barba”, malgrado avessero il loro impianto strutturale in Jugo-slavia e fossero costituite per lo più da jugo-slavi, pure avevano naturalmente anche ramificazioni in Venezia Giulia, ed ivi svolgevano con l’appoggio dei loro sodali anche un’intensa propaganda anti-italiana, affiancata agli atti terroristici. Il terrorismo jugo-slavo in Venezia Giulia, oltre alla sua intrinseca gravità, consente di meglio comprendere ciò che realmente accadde in quella che i nazionalisti slavi presentano come “persecuzione fascista”.L’incendio Hotel Balkan, presented by some as the ultimate act of fascist violence against the Slavs in Venezia Giulia, was responsible as the terrorists instead Yugo-Slavs. On 13 July 1920, following the anti-Italian violence of the Jugo-Slavs in Dalmatia, the Fascists staged a rally in Trieste. An Italian, Giovanni Nini, who had taken part in the demonstration and shouted phrases that supported the Italians of Dalmatia, was stabbed to death by unknown assailants, in all likelihood the Slavs, under the circumstances. A group of fascists then went to the Narodni Dom, but he found himself surrounded by more than 400 Italian soldiers, armed and deployed, and was forced to stop. However, it rained from the windows of Narodni Dom Italian soldiers on the left hand grenades and gunfire. The military, showy attacked, defended themselves by opening fire on the building. The fire broke out following the explosion of ammunition and explosives contained therein, as the Narodni Dom site of a clandestine military organization organized by the Yugoslav state to carry out attacks, violence and propaganda activity in Venezia Giulia. Were just the next firing of the weapons contained, totally illegally, in Narodni Dom to prevent firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire there. This is the true story of what is presented by the nationalist Slovenes themselves as the pinnacle and the ultimate expression of 'oppression fascist "Slavic residents in Italian territory. It was not a "fascist aggression" against a "cultural center", but a firefight between a detachment of the regular army and a group of Italian terrorists Jugo-Slav nested inside the building, who had thrown bombs hand and exploded against the military strikes. E 'to point out how the fire "Narodni Dom", which considered the pinnacle of "fascist violence", was actually the result of a clash between Italian soldiers, attacked, and Jugo-Slav terrorists, aggressors.
fascist violence will certainly were in Venezia Giulia, as throughout the rest of Italy, but the rear anti-Italian violence in Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia in 1918-1920, not to mention those of the Habsburg period, so the theory is dear to fall to the left that the Communist foibe exodus would be a reaction to the "fascist violence" itself. The truth is the opposite: the violence of fascism in Venezia Giulia (still not even remotely comparable to the work of Tito) were in response to violence emanating from and directed by the Yugoslav state. Also, do not you ever came to the creation of paramilitary units, organized, armed and trained by the army, intended to be used on Yugoslav territory for acts of terrorism, but what did the former Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav state was one which, with a contemporary terminology, it would be called a "rogue state", a "terrorist state". Therefore belongs to Yugoslavia the responsibility for certain forms of violence (indeed similar to those in the early 20's interested in the rest of Italy and much of Europe), as was the constitution and the activity of secret organizations and groups terrorist and dedicated by the Belgrade to stir up the Slavs in Venezia Giulia to set fire to an ethnic landscape hitherto largely peaceful.
Si noti comunque che, a prescindere da tali scontri, comunque di ben modesta entità e che coinvolsero un numero ridotto di membri delle diverse comunità etniche, i rapporti fra Italiani e Slavi in Venezia Giulia continuarono ad essere sostanzialmente pacifici e cordiale anche durante il periodo fascista.
Gli stessi fascisti non erano di solito oggetto di odio dagli Sloveni o dai Croati ivi residenti, quanto di una certa indifferenza, né si deve trascurare il fenomeno, minoritario ma di non piccole dimensioni, del cosiddetto “fascismo slavo”, ovvero di Slavi giulio-veneti che avevano aderito convintamente al movimento fascista stesso.