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TWINNING AGREEMENT
Empoli - St.Georgen/Gusen
The Municipalities of Empoli and St.Georgen an der Gusen declare their will
to establish a sound cooperation with the purpose to help mutual knowledge
and the creation of friendly relationship between the people of the two
towns, by means of exchanging knowledge, experiences and initiative.
This cooperation, which originates from the two municipalities' will
to commit themselves to maintain alive, among the rising generation,
memory and consciousness of the tragic and cruel events perpetrated
by the nazi-fascist regime, has the purpose of helping to form a spirit
of European citizenship democracy, tolerance and human solidarity.
The towns of St. Georgen/Gusen and Empoli undersign this twinning agreement
as a concrete engagement to promote a political action aimed to the
achievement of peace and ideals of friendship and solidarity all over
the world.
They have the purpose to support any initiative useful to spread knowledge
of what happened in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps and, on the
whole, the historical events which led nazist regime to the choice of
deportation. They engage themselves to promote mutual understanding among
Italian and Austrian people, to increase cultural exchange and maintain
permanent links between the two municipalities. Finally, they commit
themselves to exploit initiatives of associations, groups and individuals,
which have helped in the past and help today, with their action,
the development of peaceful living together among people of different
education, training and ideals.
The present twinning agreement is undersigned on the 8th day in the month
of March, of the year 1997, in the City of Empoli, drawn up in two copies
using both the Italian and German language and bearing witness.
The Mayor of Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Rudolf Honeder
The Mayor of Empoli, Vittorio Bugli
Information credit:
- Comune di Empoli (FI)
- Marktgemeindeamt St. Georgen/Gusen
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