On Sunday, 29 June 2014, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier will take part in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Nazi massacre at Civitella Val di Chiana, Cornia and San Pancrazio on 29 June 1944.
The joint presence of the foreign ministers of Italy and Germany is a highly symbolic gesture aimed at honouring and passing down the memory of the victims of Nazi cruelty. It falls within the context of a common commitment to the construction of a shared memory of the Italo-German war past, endorsed at the maximum levels on the occasion of the visit by President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano and his German counterpart Gauck to Sant’Anna di Stazzema in March 2013.
Members of the press interested in covering the event are kindly asked to request accreditation through the Press and Institutional Communication Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by sending an e-mail to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it or a fax to 06/36917193 (tel. 06/36913432).
Requests for accreditation must be received no later than 12:00 on Friday 27 June.
Accredited members of the press are asked to report to the Comune (Town Hall) di Civitella Val di Chiana – AR (Via Gramsci, 24) no later than 16:20.