September 1, 2009
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the aggression of Hitler’s Germany on Poland on 1st September 1939 which marks the beginning of the Second World War the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists, the umbrella association of organizations of former resistance fighters, partisans, members of the anti-Hitler …
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FIR for a new international policy of peace
20. August 2009
Veterans of the anti-fascist fight stand against falsification of history
28. Juli 2009
The International Federation of the Resistance fighters (FIR) – Association of the Anti-fascists, the umbrella organization of federations of former resistance fighters, partisans, members of the anti-Hitler coalition, pursuits of the Nazi regime and antifascist of today’s generations from more than twenty countries of Europe and Israel took knowledge with surprise and indignation of the …
European parliamentary election campaign 2009 – declaration of FIR
21. April 2009
Im Juni 2009 finden in den Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament statt. Dies ist für die Internationale Föderation der Widerstandskämpfer (FIR) – Bund der Antifaschisten, die Dachorganisation ehemaliger Widerstandskämpfer, Partisanen, Angehörigen der Anti-Hitler-Koalition, Verfolgten des Naziregimes und Antifaschisten heutiger Generationen und ihre Mitgliedsverbände in fünfundzwanzig …
60 years NATO – no reason for being jubilant
28. März 2009
Im April 2009 will die NATO in Strasbourg ihr 60. Gründungsjubiläum begehen. Die Internationale Föderation der Widerstandskämpfer (FIR) sieht in diesem Jubiläum keinen Grund zum Feiern, sondern einen Anlass, über eine andere Strategie der Friedenssicherung in Europa und der Welt nachzudenken.
Entstanden ist die NATO bekanntermaßen aus dem Ost-West-Konflikt nach …
Anti-fascist protest against SS-meeting successfully
14. März 2009
Last week we received good news from Riga: The planned marching-up of SS-veterans and supporters by the extreme right wings in the Latvian capital was forbidden by the city.
Reason for this decision are initiatives of the International Federation of the Resistance fighters (FIR), their member federations and other political forces, who were directed against such …
Stop SS-glorification and historical revisionism
2. März 2009
Prevent SS meeting in Latvia!
On 16 March former members of SS associations and neo-fascists in Riga (Latvia) prepare a march in honour of the Waffen SS as “national liberator of Latvia”. The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists, the umbrella organization of associations of former resistance fighters, partisans, deportees and internees, …
Acting for a better world
9. Dezember 2008
The “Universal declaration of human rights” of the United Nations is a central political document of post-war history. The International Federation of Resistance fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists reminds in this connection of the fact that the political foundation for the foundation of the UN and the adoption of this declaration was the freedom …
The 14th regular congress of the FIR in Athens
29. Oktober 2007
On October 19 – 20, 2007 in Athens the 14th regular congress of the FIR took place. Round about 40 delegates from 15 nations were announced. Unfortunately the entry to Greece was refused to the veterans from Albania and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
On this congress balance of the reconstruction of the FIR was …
The requirement of time is disarmament and co-operation – not military armament and aggravation of regional conflicts
28. August 2007
Appeal of FIR as “Peace messenger”:
Today we have the 20th anniversary of the appointment of the International Federation of Resistance fighters (FIR) as “Peace messenger” by the United Nations. The obligations from this appointment remained current until today.
68 years after provoking the World War II with the German aggression against Poland and over 60 years …
