Ceremony to commemorate the massacre of the Partisans of the Tom Brigade

On Saturday 17 January 2026, the celebrations will be held to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the massacre of the Partisans of the Tom Brigade.

At 9.30 a.m. meeting of the Civil, Military, Religious and School Authorities at Palazzo San Giorgio, Town hall of the City of Casale Monferrato; the procession will depart from here and cross via Mameli, Via Liutprando and Piazza Mons. Angrisani to reach the Cathedral of Sant'Evasio for the Memorial Mass at 10 a.m.

At 10.30 a.m. the procession will reassemble and, accompanied by "La Filarmonica" band of Occimiano, will cross Via Duomo, Piazza Mazzini and Via Saffi to reach the Municipal Theater where, from 10:45 a.m. the Mayor of Casale Monferrato Emanuele Capra will give a short speech, followed by Carla Gagliardini on behalf of the National Partisan Association of Italy, Branch of Casale Monferrato. The official speech will be given by Prof. Mirco Carrattieri, lecturer at Università degli Studi di Bergamo; this will be followed by the conclusions of Giovanni Battista Filiberti, President of the City Council and of the Antifascist Unitary Committee.

At the end of the ceremony, the participants will move to the Cittadella (car park of Cinelandia) where the procession will reassemble to lay the Wreaths at the war memorials of the 13 Fallen of the Tom Brigade and of the Partisan Gaetano Molo.

For the occasion, "La croce sul Monferrato durante la bufera", written by Mons. Giuseppe Angrisani, Bishop of Casale Monferrato at the time of the second world war, will be republished. The book narrates the events that shook our area at that difficult period of time. The renewed publication will include the introductions of the Bishop of Casale, Mons. Gianni Sacchi and of the Mayor of Casale Monferrato Emanuele Capra with the President of the City Council and of the Antifascist Unitary Committee of Casale Monferrato.

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