With deep sorrow we learned of Delfina Tomás’ death in early May 2025, after she had dedicated her entire life to fighting for freedom and preserving the memory of those who had fought for it.At the age of seven, she went into exile with her family and lived in very harsh conditions until she was …
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19 April 1945: Oath of Buchenwald – antifascist legacy
6. September 2025
Oath of Buchenwald
Comrades!
We, the Buchenwald anti-fascists, are reporting today in honor of those murdered by the Nazi beast and its helpers’ helpers at Buchenwald and its outside details.
51,000 captured!
51,000 shot, hung, trampled upon, beaten, choked, drowned, starved, poisoned – hosed down.
51,000 fathers, brothers – sons died a torturous death because they were fighters against the …
Budapest – FIR remembered Jewish resistance
16. Juli 2025
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.
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.
Memorial dates 80 Years of liberation and day of victory April MayHerunterladen
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 …
