The military ossuaries (sacrari militari) that were built to house the remains of fallen soldiers of the First World War offer a striking example of how Italy has dealt with the legacy of Fascism. Located along former frontlines in north-eastern Italy, the ossuaries occupy an ambiguous position in Italian heritage as both national monuments and the remnants of a difficult past. Whereas originally they functioned as instruments of Fascist propaganda, they have been reinvented as monuments of Republican Italy. Thus, while challenging the notion of Fascist remains as ‘difficult heritage’, this article suggests that the ossuaries might be seen as palimpsests that have been overlaid with different and ever-changing memories. To this end, the article traces the afterlives of ossuaries from 1945 to the present in search of evidence of evolving attitudes towards the Fascist period. It also examines a recent resurgence of public interest in the ossuaries in conjunction with the centenary of the First World War.

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第一次世界大战意大利法西斯骨灰盒的共和党遗产

军事骨灰盒（军礼) 是为安置第一次世界大战阵亡士兵的遗体而建造的，这为意大利如何处理法西斯主义的遗产提供了一个引人注目的例子。这些骨库位于意大利东北部的前线，在意大利遗产中占据着模棱两可的位置，既是国家纪念碑，也是艰难过去的遗迹。虽然最初它们是法西斯宣传的工具，但它们已被重新改造为意大利共和国的纪念碑。因此，虽然挑战法西斯遗骸是“困难遗产”的概念，但本文认为骨库可能被视为覆盖着不同且不断变化的记忆的重印本。为此，本文追溯了从 1945 年至今的骨库来世，以寻找对法西斯时期态度演变的证据。