At the FIR board meeting in early July 2025, the members of the executive committee recalled a heroic example of Jewish resistance against deportation and fascist terror in Budapest. This resistance in 1944 is referred to as “Little Warsaw” (kis Warsaw) – in memory of the ghetto uprising there in 1943.
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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 …
Joint appeal for world peace and security
23. März 2024
During a meeting of the President of the World Veterans Federation(WVF) and the President of the International Federation of Resistance Fighter(FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists in Budapest, the following declaration was published:
We, the President of the World Veterans Federation and the President of the International Resistance Federation, are deeply concerned by the conflicts and …
FIR congratulates on International Women’s Day
8. März 2024
It is by no means a new insight, but it must be emphasized repeatedly that women played an indispensable role in the ranks of the anti-Hitler coalition. They were among the active fighters in the ranks of the Soviet partisans, like Zoia Kosmodemyanskaya, whom we remembered in the FIR bulletin some time ago. They were …
