“Films and TV series often celebrate powerful mafia bosses, but we, in our own way, continue to remember Giancarlo Siani, Annalisa Durante and all the other victims, telling the story of the mafia from the point of view of the vanquished.”
These are the words of Paolo Siani, brother of Giancarlo, the journalist murdered by the Camorra on September 23, 1985 in Naples. Today, at Villa Bruno in San Giorgio a Cremano, the Hall of Memory was inaugurated, which for two years will host the green Mehari - the car in which Giancarlo Siani was killed - and all the material previously exhibited at the PAN, currently under renovation.
“Now,” continued Paolo Siani, “there is a constant narrative that exalts the bosses, making them appear great, strong, almost invincible. We, on the contrary, can only tell the stories of the mafias from the perspective of the victims, keeping the memory alive. We can tell the stories of Giancarlo Siani, Annalisa Durante and many other innocent victims, often unknown to young people. Today we entrust Giancarlo and all the other victims to San Giorgio a Cremano.”
The prefect of Naples also attended the ceremony, Michele of Bari: “I would like to remember Siani, because we need to live in a context of legality, avoiding ambiguity and preferring clarity. He is a symbol, he did not surrender to fear. His fear generated a new conscience and he remains a hero of our time, even though almost 40 years have passed”.
The mayor of San Giorgio a Cremano, Giorgio Zinno, stressed: "It is important for us to have this symbol of legality in our city. We have worked closely with the Polis Foundation and will continue to work with young people."
For the undersecretary Tullio Ferrante, Giancarlo Siani's Mehari represents “an essential bulwark for those who believe in the fight against the mafia”.
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