19. Oktober 2022
International antifascist conference of FIR and SUBNOR in October 2022.
Under this slogan, FIR organizes – supported by SUBNOR Servia – an international antifascist conference in Belgrade on October 24, 2022. The event will take place in the framework of the anniversary of the uprising in Yugoslavia 80 years ago and the commemoration of the liberation …
24. August 2022
With horror and indignation the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) had to learn that the state institutions of Latvia have actually begun with the destruction of the Soviet “Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German-fascist invaders”. The monument was erected in 1985 to mark the 40th anniversary of the …
29. Juli 2022
Those who expected that the new German government would show a more realistic attitude than previous governments on the issue of recognizing Greek reparations claims as compensation for German war crimes and the theft of Greek financial assets during the period of occupation were sorely disappointed during the visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
It …
2. Juni 2022
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Carlo Smuraglia, Honorary President of the International Federation of Reistance Fighters (FIR) and of the Italian Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia – ANPI.
Carlo Smuraglia
A Partisan, an Antifascist, former member of the Italian Parliament, a University Professor and a Lawyer who devoted his career …
5. Mai 2022
In times of military confrontation, the memory of May 8/9, 1945, the day of liberation from fascism and war in Europe, is more complicated.
The slogan “Liberation from fascism” was clear to everyone in 1945. Today, too, we clearly warn against the influence of neo-fascist forces in many countries of Europe. At the same time, we …
7. April 2022
We received the attached pictures of the desecration of the soviet Memorial in Berlin-Treptow Park, where the members of the EC honoured in autumn last year the veterans of the Anti-Hitler-Coalition for the liberation of Berlin in May 1945.
We condemn in clear words this barbaric act against the remembrance of the soviet veterans of the …
24. Februar 2022
The FIR is an “ambassador of peace”. We stand for peace without war! Therefore, FIR condemns the Russian military action on the territory of Ukraine. As highlighted in our last newsletter, we do not see military escalation as a solution to the disputes between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the context of the Donbass …
23. Februar 2022
In its latest Newsletter FIR presented the following tasks to solve the political conflict:
From our point of view, there is a solution to this problem, to which all sides can actively work on:
A propagandistic de-escalation and preparation of a European security conference in OSCE format, in which contractual agreements are concluded which correspond to the …
21. Januar 2022
We remember one of the most active comrade in arms of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR), Prof. Dr. Ilya S. Kremer, because of his 100 birthday on 22 January.
Born 1922 in Gomel (Soviet Union), he studied 1939 at the faculty for history of the Leningrad University, from 1940 at the Moscow University. The …
11. Januar 2022
We were saddened to learn that the President of the European Parliament died this morning in an Italian hospital.
Sassoli was the son of a fellow member of the Italian Resistenza. He never forgot or denied these roots in his political life. We remember that in his inaugural speech after the European elections, he referred in …
