The FIR addresses the following political message to the associations of former veterans of the anti-fascist struggle, their family members and their political supporters in all European countries and the political public on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation from fascism and war and the day of victory over Nazi barbarism:May 8, …
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80th anniversary of the self-liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp – Successful international youth meeting
8. April 2025
As previously reported, on the initiative of FIR, the Belgian National Confederation of Political Prisoners (CNPPA) and the Belgian War Heritage Institute, around 500 young people came together for an international youth meeting at the Buchenwald Memorial. Together with the International Committee Buchenwald-Dora and Commandos (IKBD), the German Buchenwald-Dora camp communities and “Paint it read”, …
80 Years liberation/ Day of victory – Commemorative events
24. März 2025
Following you find the dates of commemoration of camps and liberation days. Due to religious holidays this year, some of the ceremonies have been postponed to the beginning of May.
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International Youth Meeting April 2025 – register now
11. Dezember 2024
As we have already announced on various occasions, the meeting will take place from Friday, April 4 (day of arrival) to Monday, April 7 (day of departure) at the Buchenwald Memorial.
So far, groups from Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy and, of course, Germany have registered. We are also expecting participants from Austria, the Czech Republic, …
Obituary Serge Wourgaft (1917-2024)
2. Dezember 2024
At the beginning of December, we learned from our comrades of FNDIRP that Serge Wourgaft had passed away at the age of 108. This news fills us with deep sadness, as he was a comrade who was active for many decades of his life for the common anti-fascist idea.Serge Wourgaft was born in Odessa on …
Obituary Giacomo Notari (1927 – 2024)
29. November 2024
It is with sadness and respect for his life’s work that we bid farewell to Giacomo Notari, partisan and long-time witness to the Italian Resistanza. He died a few days before his 97th birthday in his home town of Marmoreto di Busana (Reggio Emilia).
Born on December 6, 1927, he – like his brother Giuseppe – …
April 2025 – International youth meeting in Buchenwald
27. September 2024
Some will remember the spring of 2008, when the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) and the then “Institut des Veterans” (IV) (Belgium) hosted an international youth meeting entitled “Train des Milles” (“Train of a Thousand”) at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial. The title of the meeting was reminiscent of the historic deportation trains from …
Obituary Dušan Čukić
7. Juni 2024
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of honorary presidency member and long-time president of the Serbian member federation SUBNOR. He died at the age of 87. A journalist for many years, he devoted his retirement to his work in SUBNOR. It was also thanks to him that the Serbian comrades became active full …
Call of FIR for the European Parliament Electoral Campaign
9. April 2024
The next elections to the European Parliament will take place in June 2024.The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists remembers that the ideals of a common peaceful Europe based on the resistance fight against the fascist barbarism and the politics of violence and by extermination of Nazism. Our goal also for …
