Here is an article that will shock and anger Austians in general and Tyroleans in particular. Many of the older folks in the Tyrol know this firsthand from the oppression and humiliation thay suffered at the hands of the Fascisti. The younger generations are not in full awareness of the betrayal by Nazi Germany and oppression by Fascist Italy.
The South Tyroleans caught in the middle were given the choice of leaving their homeland or forced to pledge allegiance to Italy. See attached document from the Suedtiroler Freiheit. In the photos it shows German SS and Fascist Blackshirts meeting at the Italian memorial in Bozen. This memorial is that is still standing in 2009 and is a constant reminder of the oppression and humiliation suffered by the forgotten Germans of the South Tyrol. Hitler and Mussolini were the grave diggers of the Tyrol.
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