"There is indeed something unique about the way in which the memory of the Republic came to be formed, and about the way in which that memory has been and continues to be shaped by the country's official culture. For many decades, for example, it was forbidden to call what happened between 1943 and 1945 by its proper name, i.e., the Italian Civil War. To speak of a civil war was considered factually incorrect, and even more so ideologically suspect. People had to say that what had taken place was the resistance, not a civil war; at that time, only Salò veterans, those nostalgic for the regime, and a few courageous, high-profile journalists or publicists, such as Indro Montanelli, spoke and wrote about a civil war, thereby showing which side they still supported. Things went on like this for a long time. Then, in the early 1990s, as we know, a left-wing historian, Claudio Pavone, wrote a book on the period 1943–45 entitled 'A Civil War'. It is only since then that we have all been able to use this term without difficulty, although, of course, the word 'resistance' has by no means been erased."
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