Message from Cinzia Timpano Expensive
Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 23, the Posammartine community will remember a sad page in its history.
Pont-Saint-Martin: 79 years ago there was an explosion that claimed the lives of 130 people.
August 23, 1944.
“Regular” military day; normal because normality was created, with those few young people who are not at the front but working in ILSSA Viola, with the anti-aircraft siren that sounds every moment, but by now it has become a routine background, and with children who are in childhood living everyday life, playing on the road without cars and going to buy sweets.
Explosion at 17.30.
At 5.30 pm, the time for bread and jam, more than 30 laughters were interrupted forever.
In a matter of minutes, a siren sounds, a roar and flicker in the sky, and then silence.
130 people were victims of an aerial bombardment of Pont Saint Martin, probably to cut off trade routes by demolishing a bridge.
Program for Wednesday 23 August
Next Wednesday, August 23, on the 79th anniversary of the bombing, the city at the foot of the Lys Valley will commemorate not only the victims, but especially the most innocent civilians – children.
From 15:00 L. Castel will receive certificates of admission to the honorary list of the National Association of Civil War Victims, after which musical reflections will be performed in memory of the dead children.
Stories of those who died in the bombing
How Adele Nicolettaonly 12 years old, who, together with cousin Guido was going to buy candy, and whose dad Benjaminthe carpenter, mad with grief, sang in despair in his workshop, building her a coffin.
Or again Mario AND Augustus Breda5 and 7 years old, grabbed by the belt when they were playing marbles, in the center, right where the little girl was also walking. Tramontana Pier exit from repetitions.
Concert at Fontani Church
In the evening, from 21:00, a concert will take place in the Fontani Church ‘Not forget’ wind ensemble of the orchestra “Arsnova” conducted by the maestro Fulvio Creu with soprano Ethel Onnis.
The stories of 111 out of 130 victims are told in the book by P.ONTE SAN MARTINO, Martyrdom of a village in the Aosta Valley.Job Roger Jugler in collaboration Silvana MiniottiMusumeci publisher.
(Sofia Fregnani)