The Italian Government, chaired by the far-right Giorgia Meloni, has not renewed the direction of the Liberation Museum in Rome, which commemorates the fight against Nazifascism, but The institution has decided not to close. “The Liberation Museum will remain regularly open from Monday to Sunday despite the fact that since December 20 it has not had an address because the Ministry of Culture has not renewed the president and the members of the steering committee,” reads a statement.

However, the outgoing president, Antonio Parisella, has decided “not handing over the keys” to the museum “under your responsibility” and to open it to “respect an essential public service so relevant that it cannot be interrupted.” The Liberation Museum was inaugurated in 1957 to exhibit documents about the times of the Nazi-fascist “occupation”, during World War II, and the resistance fight that earned the city of Rome the Gold Medal for military valor.

The institution is located at number 145 Via Tasso in Rome which between September 1943 and June 1944 fheadquarters of the Nazi SS commandos under the guidance of Herbert Kappler and torture room and dungeons. The situation of this museum has currently sparked some controversy in Italy and the spokesperson for the Greens, Filiberto Zaratti, requested the appearance of the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, to clarify why its dome has not been renovated.

The deputy of the opposition Democratic Party (PD) and former president of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, He described it as “serious” that the museum has been without direction since last December 20. “A place that is a symbol of Nazi-fascist barbarism and has become a testimony of the capital’s liberation struggle deserves maximum attention, care and protection,” the policy noted.

After the commotion, Minister Sangiuliano assured in a statement that They are studying the documents and “within a few days” the new address will be announced, the president and the members of the Board of Directors. They will be, he assured, “respected academics and scholars of the Resistance and anti-fascism.”

Sangiuliano, who announced the placement of a plaque in memory of the thinker and founder of the Italian Communist Party, Antonio Gramsci, said that “it is surprising” that when in the past The Museum “was without management for several months and no one complained.”