DIVERGENZE
The delicate history of the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and its different ethnicities, Italian, German and Ladin spread in tensions and intolerance that spawned over seventy years of conflicts
The central theme was the Forbidden Identity of Ladin population who lives there and in the valleys around
Originally belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1919 the local population was Italianized by force because of the annexation to Italy
They were brought in a new reality: different rules, laws and language, valleys and rivers’ names were changed, Italian school was imposed. This situation built a wall of diffidence towards Italy, so the two dictator Hitler and Mussolini created “Options law”: Alto Adige population have to decide if stay in their native land submitting and becoming Italian or emigrate in Germany and leave their homes and identity forever
The central theme was the Forbidden Identity of Ladin population who lives there and in the valleys around
Originally belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1919 the local population was Italianized by force because of the annexation to Italy
They were brought in a new reality: different rules, laws and language, valleys and rivers’ names were changed, Italian school was imposed. This situation built a wall of diffidence towards Italy, so the two dictator Hitler and Mussolini created “Options law”: Alto Adige population have to decide if stay in their native land submitting and becoming Italian or emigrate in Germany and leave their homes and identity forever
