Yesterday in Rome, two steps away from Fontana di Trevi, a former European commissioner for culture .. and not one another, but Carlo Ripa di mean, he took a microphone in his hand and called to shed light on the persecution during the communist regime in Romania. I
few dozen people Mondadori when the library was made that call. Rom-less than 10. All cards come to the last presentation (Music for wolves) of journalist and writer Dario Fertilio, one of the organizers of the conference "Memento Gulag." Ripa di
Mean wondered rhetorically why Romania still maintain the secrecy of many episodes, yet fully elucidated, the Communist regime, such as "Pitesti Experiment." Before the conference, former European minister asked me how is Ion Iliescu . Il met in Prague, shortly after Romania is already over "was Pauker."
Few people know that Italian was the first politician who tried to give voice to dissent from beyond the curtain Iron, organizing, in 1977, in Venice, "opposition Biennial (Biennale del dissenso). Back then, he was director Ripa di Mean Biennale, and his decision to dedicate that edition art and culture "opponents" communist regimes triggered a diplomatic crisis with Moscow real . Russian Ambassador sent it, threatening that "looks CPSU extreme worry-cultural initiative." Yet, the Biennial was held under the original project, although three program directors have resigned and few were politicians who "dared" to support it Mean Carlo Ripa di.
And yesterday, Carlo Ripa di mean, after more than 30 years at the Biennial, has made Dario's a call to Fertilio 'associations Romans and, indirectly, the Romanian political class. "The truth about the past communist Romania and known to be unveiled in full, as happened in Germany, for example," said Ripa di Mean.
Photo: Dario Fertilio, Richard Cajvaneanu, Carlo Ripa di Mean