A minute'a silence will be held and a passage from Anne Frank's diary will be read before games in Italy this week in response to acts of anti-Semitism by Lazio fans, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said.
The FIGC announced that a minute's silence will be observed before Serie A, B and C matches during the week and amateur and youth games over the weekend.
A passage from Frank's diary will also be read before games to keep alive memories of the Holocaust, while referees and captains will give a copy of the diary to child mascots accompanying players onto pitches.
In addition, an image of Frank will be put on Lazio's shirts for Wednesday's Serie A game at Bologna to show their fight against "all forms of racism and anti-Semitism," the club said.
During Sunday's league game against Cagliari, Lazio fans defaced the Stadio Olimpico, which they share with rivals Roma, with anti-Semitic slogans and stickers showing images of Frank.
The Jewish teenager, who died in Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in 1945, was depicted wearing a jersey of their hated city rivals.
The image have whipped up a storm in Italian football with the Roman club announcing they also intend to take youngsters every year to visit the former Nazi camp at Auschwitz, in Poland.
"This is not football, this is not sport. Get anti-Semitism out of stadiums," responded Ruth Dureghello, president of the Jewish Community of Rome, on Twitter.
Italian president Sergio Mattarela on Tuesday personally called Interior Minister Marco Minniti to ensure that those responsible would be identified and "permanently banned from stadiums."
Mattarella said that using the image of Frank "as well as being inhumane, is alarming for our country which suffered 80 years ago from the cruelty of anti-Semitism."
"It is something incredible, un-acceptable not to be minimized and not to be underestimated," said Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, while in Strasbourg, European Parliament chief Antonio Tajani stressed that anti-Semitism belonged "in the last century."
Lazio president Claudio Ranieri paid a visit to the Rome Synagogue bringing a floral wreath to remember all victims of anti-Semitism.
"Today we intend to reaffirm our position once again with this clear and unequivocal gesture - no one can use Lazio in this way," said Lotito.
"Most of our fans are with us against anti-Semitism," stressed Lotito. He explained that Lazio would also be undertaking a series of initiatives such as visits by players to schools to educate on respecting rules and stamping out racism and social barriers.
Lazio's ultras were housed in the south end of the ground normally reserved for Roma supporters for Sunday's game, their own north end having been closed following racist chants during a match earlier this month.
Emmeline Moore
Agence France-Presse/Milan
The FIGC announced that a minute's silence will be observed before Serie A, B and C matches during the week and amateur and youth games over the weekend.
A passage from Frank's diary will also be read before games to keep alive memories of the Holocaust, while referees and captains will give a copy of the diary to child mascots accompanying players onto pitches.
In addition, an image of Frank will be put on Lazio's shirts for Wednesday's Serie A game at Bologna to show their fight against "all forms of racism and anti-Semitism," the club said.
During Sunday's league game against Cagliari, Lazio fans defaced the Stadio Olimpico, which they share with rivals Roma, with anti-Semitic slogans and stickers showing images of Frank.
The Jewish teenager, who died in Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in 1945, was depicted wearing a jersey of their hated city rivals.
The image have whipped up a storm in Italian football with the Roman club announcing they also intend to take youngsters every year to visit the former Nazi camp at Auschwitz, in Poland.
"This is not football, this is not sport. Get anti-Semitism out of stadiums," responded Ruth Dureghello, president of the Jewish Community of Rome, on Twitter.
Italian president Sergio Mattarela on Tuesday personally called Interior Minister Marco Minniti to ensure that those responsible would be identified and "permanently banned from stadiums."
Mattarella said that using the image of Frank "as well as being inhumane, is alarming for our country which suffered 80 years ago from the cruelty of anti-Semitism."
"It is something incredible, un-acceptable not to be minimized and not to be underestimated," said Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, while in Strasbourg, European Parliament chief Antonio Tajani stressed that anti-Semitism belonged "in the last century."
Lazio president Claudio Ranieri paid a visit to the Rome Synagogue bringing a floral wreath to remember all victims of anti-Semitism.
"Today we intend to reaffirm our position once again with this clear and unequivocal gesture - no one can use Lazio in this way," said Lotito.
"Most of our fans are with us against anti-Semitism," stressed Lotito. He explained that Lazio would also be undertaking a series of initiatives such as visits by players to schools to educate on respecting rules and stamping out racism and social barriers.
Lazio's ultras were housed in the south end of the ground normally reserved for Roma supporters for Sunday's game, their own north end having been closed following racist chants during a match earlier this month.
Emmeline Moore
Agence France-Presse/Milan
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