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 …
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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 …
The main political tasks of the coming years – the political declaration of FIR
4. Dezember 2016
1. Anti-fascism is more relevant than ever! Even more than 70 years after the historic victory in May 1945 over fascist regimes in Europe anti-fascism is a more recent political idea than ever. The current problems of political, economic and social causes require from all people joint actions – not facing political party boundaries – …
The Bulgarian historian and antifascist Prof. Velko Valkanov died Nov. 26, 2016
26. November 2016
FIR sent the following letter of condolence to the Bulgarian Antifascist Union and the International Dimitrov Foundation, Sofia
With deep sorrow we have to take note of the death of prof. Velko Valkanov this week-end.
Just after the XVII regular congress of FIR in Prague confirmed him as member of the honor presidency of FIR, he was …
FIR on the way to the XVII regular congress in Prague
28. Oktober 2016
The Executive committee decided to hold the XVII regular congress of FIR November 18 – 20, 2016 in Prague. Since the XVI regular congress in Sofia we could experience a number of important developments of the political work. Impressive commemoration activities of the 70th anniversary of Day of Victory and common activities like the international …
Solidarity with the democratic forces in Turkey!
31. Juli 2016
For months, the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists and its member federations follows with great concern the political development in Turkey. It was already visible that the government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan started on one hand an increasingly expansionist policy with the support of IS troops in Syria, on …
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists remembers Elie Wiesel
3. Juli 2016
We have to say a last far-well to Elie Wiesel, who died in the first days of July 2016 at the age of 87 years. He was an international well-known survivor of the CC Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Born in Sighet in Transylvania, he was deported 1944 with his family to the extermination camp Auschwitz, where …
