The Milanese writer Antonio Scurati, born in 1969, author of a widely acclaimed Cycle of novels about Mussolini, was scheduled to deliver a speech on Saturday evening at Rai 3 in anticipation of April 25, Liberation Day. On this date, Italy commemorates the armed uprisings that facilitated the Allied advance and ultimately led to liberation from the National Socialist occupiers. Scurati’s appearance was canceled at short notice by those responsible, Since then, a debate about censorship has been raging in Italy. Here is the speech verbatim.
Italy: Antonio Scurati’s canceled speech in the Rai in full – Culture
