Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – “I wouldn't mind if General Vannacci watched the episode about September 8th, because he'd realize he's making a lot of historical inaccuracies. After September 8th, the Decima MAS largely remained loyal to the king and therefore fought against Hitler, against Mussolini. Except for a group of criminals who traced the X of Decima MAS on the chests of tortured partisans.
They killed, burned villages, massacred priests, in the hinterland of La Spezia the Decima MAS did terrible things. We try to tell the story of September 8th hour by hour and place by place and we have filmed in various locations throughout Italy for this purpose." Aldo Cazzullo said this while introducing the new edition of 'Una Giornata Particolare' which starts Wednesday, September 30th at 9:15 pm on La7 with an episode dedicated to September 8th, with the armistice, the escape of the king and Badoglio, the German occupation and the beginning of the Resistance.
“We have long been uncertain whether to begin with September 8th or with Hitler's death.
But let's start with September 8th because we believe it's necessary and urgent to tell our children and grandchildren what Fascism and Nazism were,” he added. He then explained to Adnkronos: “I'd like General Vannacci to see the episode on September 8th, not only because he talks nonsense about the Decima MAS but more generally because it's true that Nazism and Fascism will not return, but some Nazi-Fascist ideas are more alive than ever.
Vannacci says: "I can't be anti-fascist, just as I can't be anti-Napoleonic. But be aware that the fundamental idea of Nazism is the inequality of human beings, from which racism, xenophobia, extreme nationalism, and war arise. This is what we must fight. The moderate, liberal, conservative, and Catholic right must also fight these ideas."
The new series of Cazzullo's program, which has become a hit with a young audience, attracting viewers by recounting the days that shaped the history of Italy and Europe (with episodes often used in schools), consists of twelve new episodes.
After the first episode, dedicated to September 8, 1943, Cazzullo will recount the end of Nazism, with Adolf Hitler's final days in Berlin under siege by the Red Army. Then comes the Great War and the battles on the Piave River; the Spanish Civil War, through the bombing of Guernica and Pablo Picasso's masterpiece; the kidnapping of Aldo Moro in Via Fani, and the beginning of the 55 days that would mark one of the most dramatic chapters of the Republic's history.
A Special Day then travels back through the centuries, to ancient Rome, to recount Spartacus and the slave revolt, which over the centuries became a symbol of the struggle for freedom. The journey traverses the Middle Ages with Catherine of Siena, a mystic who entered the heart of 14th-century European politics, and the Renaissance with Lucrezia Borgia, at the center of her family's intrigues and power struggles, and Raphael Sanzio, who died at just 37 after leaving an indelible mark on art history.
From revolutionary France comes the story of Marie Antoinette, from the Palace of Versailles to the guillotine. Nineteenth-century Italy, on the other hand, passes through the life and verses of Giacomo Leopardi, from his childhood in Recanati to the final years in Naples of the man and poet who wrote L'infinito.
Finally, an entire episode will be dedicated to the Renaissance, the period in which, between Florence, Rome, Milan, Mantua, and Ferrara, artists, scientists, princes, and intellectuals forever changed the way we look at humanity and the world.
As always, the story comes to life in the places where the events unfolded. Aldo Cazzullo will be accompanied by "history correspondents" Claudia Benassi and Raffaele Di Placido on a journey across Italy and Europe: from Auschwitz to the Nuremberg Trials, from the Vatican Museums and Raphael's Rooms to the Louvre, from Recanati to Siena, passing through Rome, Ferrara, and some of the iconic locations featured in the stories.
Enriching the new episodes are interviews and contributions from, among others, Walter Veltroni, Concita De Gregorio, Dacia Maraini, Sabino Cassese and Matteo Maria Zuppi.
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