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Il #30ottobre 1943, a #Cassino vengono uccisi due soldati tedeschi che hanno tentato di abusare di una ragazza del posto. Per rappresaglia vengono catturati ventidue ostaggi, destinati alla fucilazione; 👇
l’Abate Gregorio Diamare interviene con una lettera inviata al Generale Hans Valentin Hube, comandante del XIV Panzerkorps: “Ardisco pregare Vostra Eccellenza che, pur salvando le giuste esigenze marziali, la pena minacciata sia limitata il più possibile ai beni 👇
e famiglie dei colpevoli per evitare che tanta altra povera gente paghi il fio di colpa non sua. Perdonatemi Eccellenza se oso fare caldo appello al vostro cuore generoso per questi miei figliuoli spirituali, già tanto provati dalle inevitabili conseguenze della guerra”👇
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06/01/2019 - 78 years ago today, the longest-serving #UnitedStates #President, #Franklin D. #Roosevelt (#FDR) addressed the 77th #Congress with his "#Four #Freedoms" speech with the intent to shift #US #foreign #policy from that of #neutrality to #interventionist.
#FDR promoted the idea that the people of the world, in all nations, shared entitlement to four freedoms: that of the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want and the freedom from fear.
#FDR is arguably one of the most 'successful' #US Presidents. Some would argue that on the basis of his numerous social policies such as 'the New Deal'. Others, however, would argue that his role during the second world war was more prevalent to his success & everlasting legacy.
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