FASCISM RESISTANCE FREEDOM. 1943 – 1945
14 March 2025 h 10:00Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio
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On the occasion of the eighty-year anniversary of the Liberation from Nazifascism (1945-2025), the Municipality of Verona, Department of Culture and Department of Historical Memory, the Civic Museums, in collaboration with the Veronese Institute for the History of the Resistance and Contemporary Age, present at the Castelvecchio Museum the exhibition "FASCISM RESISTANCE FREEDOM. 1943 – 1945".
The exhibition is hosted in a location chosen deliberately: the Boggian Hall of Castelvecchio was indeed the site of the congress of the Republican Fascist Party and the venue for the trial of the fascist “traitors” of the Grand Council; an episode that emphasizes the dramatic transition from dictatorship to democratic rebirth.
The exhibition is divided into six sections with an innovative setup, energizing an emotional narrative by combining, in various narrative spaces, digital tools, videos, holographic projections with historical figures, documents, artifacts, and original works of art. The exhibition route restores, through multimedia islands and narrative points, the voices of some protagonists of historical events, nationally known figures such as Mussolini's son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, and lesser-known individuals like the Nazi Friedrich Boβhammer, who orchestrates the deportation of Jews from Verona, Rita Rosani, a Jewish partisan who died in battle in 1944, and the antifascist sculptor Vittore Bocchetta, offering the public an authentically immersive experience.
Through documents and testimonies, the exhibition invites reflection on the value of historical memory and the resilience of Verona during and after World War II.
The exhibition, promoted by the Municipality of Verona, Civic Museums, Veronese Institute for the History of the Resistance and Contemporary Age, has received the recognition of an initiative of significant cultural interest from the Ministry of Culture, and has been realized with the patronage of the Ferruccio Parri National Institute, Fondazione Fioroni, Department of Cultures and Civilizations of the University of Verona, Center for the Museums of the University of Padua, Center for History of the University of Padua, and with the support of the association Friends of the Civic Museums of Verona.
Contact
Museo di Castelvecchio
Corso Castelvecchio, 2 ( Directions )
Mail: musei@comune.verona.it
Tel: (0039) 045 8062611
Additional infos
Exhibition presentation: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 5 PM
Conference Room - Palazzo della Gran Guardia
Greetings:
- Marta Ugolini, Councillor for Culture Municipality of Verona
- Jacopo Buffolo, Councillor for Historical Memory Municipality of Verona
Speakers:
- Francesca Rossi, Director of the Civic Museums of Verona
- Marta Nezzo, University of Padua
- Federico Melotto, President of the Veronese Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age
- Andrea Martini, Director of the Veronese Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age
- Cristina Lonardi, Head of Installations Civic Museums of Verona
Also streaming live at: https://www.youtube.com/@imuv-imuseidiverona
The scientific committee:
The curators of the exhibition are:
- Andrea Martini, Director of the Veronese Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age
- Federico Melotto, President of the Veronese Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age
- Marta Nezzo, University of Padua
- Francesca Rossi, Director of the Civic Museums of Verona
The scientific committee includes, in addition to the curators:
- Chiara Bianchini, Director of the State Archive of Verona
- Renato Camurri, University of Verona
- Filippo Focardi, Scientific Director of the National Institute Ferruccio Parri
- Emilio Franzina, Historian
- Lutz Klinkhammer, Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute of Rome
- Simon Levis Sullam, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Sergio Marinelli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Santo Peli, University of Padua
- Maria Stella Vecchiato, Art Historian
Opening Hours:
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 AM to 6 PM (ticket office closes at 5:15 PM). Closed on Mondays
Tickets (including museum visit):
- full price: € 9.00
- reduced standard: € 6.00 (groups of 15 people, over 65)
- reduced youth 18-25 years: € 2.00
- free:
- 0-17 years (minors under 14 must be accompanied)
- persons with disabilities and their companion
- with VeronaCard
- with My IMUV Card
Guided tours and educational activities:
Educational office of the Civic Museums
from Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 1 PM and from 2 PM to 4 PM
on Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM
tel. +39 045 8036353 – +39 045 597140
mail: segreteriadidattica@comune.verona.it
Free guided tours March 2025
- Sunday, March 16, 11:30 AM
- Sunday, March 23, 11:30 AM
- Sunday, March 30, 11:30 AM
Visits (by reservation) are included in the museum entrance ticket .
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