by the cleansing of non-Italian surnames of the ethnic inhabitants of Trieste, Italy should have long since: - Promptly returned the original names to those entitled. This did not happen and racial laws imposed by fascism since 1926 remained valid until 1991, thus denying the non-Italian population of Trieste and other cities the right to their own identity and their own race; - Ensured the submission of its official apology for the damage and suffering caused to the victims of these violations. With its silence and the maintenance of the Fascist racial laws, Italy has endorsed such violations; - Avoided distorting the historical reality of these places through falsified teachings aimed at influencing the new generations to a forced Italianization. - Returned original surnames to those entitled without forcing a daunting bureaucratic process on them, which is in contrast to the international law, and allowed Italy to avoid their responsibilities. We are the Nameless, the people without a name, the result of the ethnic cleansing that the Italian state still inflicts on our people.

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