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Giuliano Pellegrini (a sinistra nella foto) - assessore
comunale di Ledro e presidente dell'associazione
che unisce i sei comuni della valle – ha ricevuto dal
ministro degli esteri ceco Karel Schwarzemberg il
prestigioso riconoscimento Gratias Agit 2011.
Durante la cerimonia, svoltasi il 14 ottobre a
Palazzo Černín, sede del ministero degli Esteri
della Repubblica Ceca, sono stati premiati coloro
che hanno promosso in vari ambiti la nazione ceca
all'estero.
Pellegrini è da anni impegnato nel promuovere
lo storico legame di amicizia tra ledrensi e boemi
nato all'indomani dell'esodo forzato degli abitanti
trentini in Repubblica Ceca durante la prima
guerra mondiale.
“Un premio – ci ha tenuto a sottolineare l'assessore
– ritirato anche a nome di quelle persone italiane e
boeme che hanno lavorato per riscoprire la storia
del nostro esodo e che mi hanno candidato a mia
insaputa”.
high grounds that, until a short time
before, had been occupied by the enemy.
In view of these new circumstances,
after four years on Bohemian land,
the refugees were able to return to
their homes, together with the soldiers
coming back from the military front.
But if the arrival in Bohemia had been
traumatic, it was also very hard to part
from the beloved Czechs, who had now
become their friends and who had
helped them to survive throughout
those very difficult years. The relationships,
made up of mutual respect and
friendship, were destined to last forever.
On their arrival home, the surviving
refugees and soldiers finally met up
again: the wives could embrace their
husbands, the mothers their sons. But
the villages they had returned to were
often rubble, the houses roofless, the
fields destroyed and full of unexploded
shells. The Ledro population was
obliged to start all over again, with
Giuliano Pellegrini (on the left in the photo) – City
councillor for Ledro and president of the association
that represents the six towns of the valley – has
received the prestigious Gratias Agit 2011 award from
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzemberg.
During a ceremony that took place on 14th October at
the Černín Palace, seat of the Czech Republic Foreign
Ministry, a number of awards were given to those
who had distinguished themselves for promoting – in
various areas of activity - the Czech nation abroad.
Pellegrini has been involved for years in promoting
the historical ties of friendship between the inhabitants
of Ledro and the Bohemian residents, following the
aftermath of the Trentino inhabitants forced exodus to
the Czech Republic during World War I.
"A prize – the councillor was keen to point out -
that is collected also on behalf of those Italian and
Bohemian people who worked hard to rediscover the
story[AS1] of our exodus and who appointed me
without my knowing it.”
goodwill and great dignity, in order to
begin a new life. Even today, the Ledro
people and their descendants still remember
their Bohemian exodus with
deep gratitude towards the Czech
population and many times, during
the years that followed the Second
World War, they went back there as a
sign of gratitude towards those villagers
that had given them shelter and
hospitality, in search of their old friends
and to visit the graves of their beloved
ones in Bohemian cemeteries: relatives
and fellow-countrymen, who had died
in that far away land. Even in 2009,
almost a century from that exile, a
Twinning agreement was signed in the
Czech Republic, by will of the Ledro administration,
as a sign of friendship by
the towns of the Valley: Molina, Parish,
Bezzecca, Concord, Tiarno di Sotto and
Tiarno di Sopra, with eight Czech municipalities:
Buštěhrad, Chyňava,
Doksy, Milin, Nový Knin, Příbram, Ptice
progetto repubblica ceca
storia history
Ledro, un gemellaggio in segno di
amicizia tra i Comuni della Valle: Mo‑
lina, Pieve, Bezzecca, Concei, Tiarno di
Sotto e Tiarno di Sopra, con otto Co‑
muni cechi: Buštěhrad, Chyňava, Do‑
ksy, Milín, Nový Knín, Příbram, Ptice e
Všeň, a ricordo di quell’esperienza e in
segno di reciproca e perpetua amici‑
zia. In tale occasione sono stati anche
pubblicati il libro: “Boemia. L’esodo
della Val di Ledro 1915 – 1919” curato
da Dario Colombo, e un DVD che nar‑
rano nei particolari la vicenda e rac‑
colgono le testimonianze dirette di
questa pagina poco conosciuta della
storia del nostro Paese.
Ogni guerra, giusta o meno che sia,
rappresenta sempre un evento dram‑
matico che non conosce né vinti,
né vincitori, ma spesso è proprio in
tempi di barbarie che l’essere umano
riesce a dare il meglio di sé stesso e a
dare prova di grande solidarietà ver‑
so i propri simili. L’esodo in Boemia
dei profughi trentini è una pagina di
storia e un esempio che ci dimostra
quanto ciò sia vero e quanto l’amore
per la vita vada oltre ogni distinzione
di razza, lingua e nazionalità.
and Všeň, in memory of that experience
and as a sign of mutual and perpetual
friendship. On that occasion a
book was published entitled “Bohemia.
the Ledro Valley Exodus 1915 -
1919 “, edited by Dario Colombo, as
well as a DVD that recounts, in
In great detail, the story and bear witness
to this little-known chapter in the
history of our country.
Every war, whether just or unjust, is
always a dramatic event that knows
neither winners nor losers, but often,
it is precisely in times of barbarity and
similar situations of cruelty that human
beings tend to give the best of
themselves and show great solidarity
towards their fellows. The exodus to
Bohemia by the Trentino refugees is
a chapter of history and a vivid demonstration
of this fact - and goes to
show - that love for life goes beyond
all distinctions of race, language or
nationality.
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