Swastika-Draped Casket at Fascist Funeral in Rome Sparks Jewish Outrage
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The local Jews in Rome on Tuesday strongly condemned as "offensive and unacceptable" a funeral procession outside a local church in which the casket was draped in a swastika flag and mourners gave the fascist salute
Photos and video of the scene outside St. Lucia church following the funeral service were published in the Italian news media.
They showed around two dozen people gathered outside the church as the swastika-draped casket emerged, shouting "Presente!" ("Present!") with their right arm extended in the fascist salute. The local Jewish community and the international Jewry also condemned the display.
"It is unacceptable that a flag with a swastika can still be shown in public in this day and age, especially in a city that saw the deportation of its Jews by the Nazis and their fascist collaborators," read a statement from the local Jews carried by Reuters. (https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/094/498/709/small/c77d3c95d9be3bb2.png)
Italian news reports identified the deceased as Alessia Augello, a 44-year-old former militant of the nationalist, neo-fascist Forza Nuova group. She died over the weekend of a blood clot.
Forza Nuova was created in 1997 in the tradition of the patriotic organizations active in Italy's Years of Lead in the 1970s, and grew into a national force in 2008. The group is openly fascist.
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Its current leader, Roberto Fiore, a 62-year-old father to 11 children, was found guilty in the 1980s of ,,subversive crime and founding a far-right armed political movement".
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