[:en]The FIR is very concerned about the current development in Central Europe. Various developments show that this Europe is evolving into a reactionary political direction. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the extreme right “alternative for Germany” (AfD) reached over 12% of the electorate votes and will go with about 90 deputies to the German …
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FIR concernd about current political development in CentralEurope
25. Oktober 2017
The FIR is very concerned about the current development in Central Europe. Various developments show that this Europe is evolving into a reactionary political direction. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the extreme right “alternative for Germany” (AfD) reached over 12% of the electorate votes and will go with about 90 deputies to the German …
[:en]FIR is urgently warning of a further escalation of the military tensions in Asia and Latin America by the US government.[:]
21. August 2017
[:en]The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists is pursuing the growing threat of military violence in the conflict between the USA and North Korea with great concern. Visible signs are not only weapon tests but the increasing numbers of military maneuvers in the region around Korea. We specifically condemn the maneuvers …
FIR is urgently warning of a further escalation of the military tensions in Asia and Latin America by the US government.
21. August 2017
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists is pursuing the growing threat of military violence in the conflict between the USA and North Korea with great concern. Visible signs are not only weapon tests but the increasing numbers of military maneuvers in the region around Korea. We specifically condemn the maneuvers …
Meeting with Auschwitz Survivors in Kassel
15. Juni 2017
At a ceremony for the opening of a statue commemorating Auschwitz during documenta14 –time in Kassel (Germany) representatives of FIR met with Auschwitz-survivors. FIR-Vice-president Christos Tzintsilonis, accompanied by Aristomenis Syngelakis, Marian Turski (International Auschwitz Committee, Poland), Albina Moimas (Italy) and General Secretary of FIR Ulrich Schneider. Ulrich Schneider took in this ceremony the floor for …
FIR remembers Distomo in Kassel
10. Juni 2017
During the opening of the intenational art-fair documenta14 in Kassel (Germany) FIR participated at a commemoration of the SS-massacre in Distomo (Greece). The General Secretary of FIR took the floor for the following greeting words: Liebe Kameraden und Freunde, Die Internationale Föderation der Widerstandskämpfer (FIR) – Bund der Antifaschisten, die Dachorganisation der Verbände ehemaliger Partisanen …
Lidice will be a memorial forever!
3. Juni 2017
75 years ago the village was destroyed by the Wehrmacht and SS
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of anti – fascists commemorates the 75th anniversary of the crimes of the German occupation troops against the Czech civilian population.
75 years ago, on 10 June 1942 German troops murdered in Czechoslovakia in the village …
Greetings Day of Liberation/ Day of Victory 2017
7. Mai 2017
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists greets all participants of the celebrations on the day of victory and the commemorative actions “immortal regiment”.
May 8/9, 1945, is and will remain for antifascists in all parts of the world the day of liberation and the day of victory over fascist barbarism.
All of …
80 years ago: Guernica – a “breach of civilisation”
17. April 2017
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists and their member associations in more than 25 countries of Europe and Israel recall the 80th anniversary of the criminal bombing of the Basque city of Guernica on 26 April 1937 by the German “Legion Condor”.
This attack on an undefended city has been a …
No honor for the Latvian Waffen-SS! Call for international protests
25. Februar 2017
On 16 March, as every year since 1991, in Riga, the Latvian capital, there will be a worship, an honorary march and a flag-lined rally at the Freedom Monument in honor of the Latvian units of the Waffen-SS.
With Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Bulgaria, Latvia is one of the Eastern European states where units of the …
