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ROME — Italy commemorated the anniversary of its anti-Nazi uprising Saturday amid a fierce debate over a proposal by Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative forces to honor Italians who died fighting for the fascists.
The legislation would grant a special honor and pensions to all those who fought in World War II — those who fought for fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and anti-fascist partisans alike — essentially equating the two.
Debate over the bill intensified Saturday as Italy marked Liberation Day, a national holiday commemorating the anti-Nazi partisan uprising that began April 25, 1945, in the northern part of the country. The insurrection ended with Mussolini being shot and strung up outside a Milan gas station.
