25 April: the liberation day that divides Italians

Partisans

Italian partisans celebrate the liberation of Northern Italy in Piazza San Marco, Venice, on 25th April 1945. Source: Wikipedia

While in Australia we celebrate ANZAC Day in Italy April 25 is Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the Nazi occupation of the country during World War II and the victory of the Anti-Fascist Resistance.



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