Basovizza victims of fascism remembered 90 years after execution

Basovizza, 6 September - Four victims of fascism, known among Slovenians as Basovizza Heroes, will be remembered today, exactly 90 years after they were shot following a short trial before a Fascist court in Trieste. A commemoration will be held at the memorial dedicated to them on Basovizza's common, the site of their execution.

Basovizza, Italy Borut Pahor and Sergio Mattarella, the presidents of Slovenia and Italy, paying their respects to the Slovenian victims of the Fascist regime at the Memorial to Basovizza Heroes, three young Slovenians and a Croat executed in 1930. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA File photo

Basovizza, Italy
Borut Pahor and Sergio Mattarella, the presidents of Slovenia and Italy, paying their respects to the Slovenian victims of the Fascist regime at the Memorial to Basovizza Heroes, three young Slovenians and a Croat executed in 1930.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
File photo

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