24. September 2021
After a patient suffering Zoltán Viczián, member of the honory presidency of FIR, died quietly on 15th of September 2021 at the age of 94 in Hungary. Our dear friend was born on 13th of January 1928.
Already at the age of 16 he fought againts Hitler and Hitler’s Hungarian troops from Salgótarján to Berlin on …
18. August 2021
We have all seen the dramatic pictures of the last few days from Kabul and some other parts of Afghanistan, where the advance of the Taliban has been proceeding at high speed following the announcement of the withdrawal of foreign forces. The short conclusion of these events can be summed up in the following balance: …
10. Juli 2021
On July 10, 2021, we received the sad news that Esther Bejarano, survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and active for decades in the anti-fascist movement in Germany, honorary chair of the German VVN-BdA passed away at the age of 96 after a short serious illness. We are affected and saddened.
In its obituary, the VVN-BdA …
1. Juli 2021
From June 30 to July 3, 1951 in Vienna took place the International peace congress of the resistance movement. This was the birthday of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR), the umbrella organization of veterans of the antifascist fight, deported ones and victims of Nazi-persecution from all parts of Europe. Since seventy years Internationalism …
23. Juni 2021
The FIR and its member federations used the 80th anniversary of the Hitler fascist invasion of the Soviet Union for various commemorative events.
Despite all restrictions caused by the pandemic, public honors took place of course in the states of the former Soviet Union. Together with the Belorussian veteran federation, several hundred people gathered on June …
14. Mai 2021
Once again, we have to witness that in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict violence as a means of conflict primarily affects the civilian population. The clashes began many days ago with the attempt to enforce the settlement policy, which has been unequivocally condemned by the United Nations, and which amounts to the expulsion of the Palestinian population …
22. April 2021
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists greets all participants of the celebrations of Liberation Day, Victory Day and the commemorative actions “immortal regiment”.
May 8 / 9, 1945 is and remains for anti-fascists in all parts of the world the “dawn of human history” (Peter Gingold). In many places of the …
31. März 2021
With great sadness, we heard today that Günter Pappenheim, survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, first vice-president of the International Committee Buchenwald-Dora and Commandos, chairman of the camp working group Buchenwald-Dora and member of the honorary presidency of the FIR has died at the age of 95.
As a young man, he was arrested and deported to …
7. März 2021
Since the II International Conference of Communist Women in 1921, 8 March has been celebrated as an International Day of Action for Equal Rights for Women. As early as 1910, at the suggestion of Clara Zetkin, the International Women’s Congress in Stuttgart had decided on an annual day of agitation for women’s suffrage. This was …
13. Februar 2021
At the Memorial for the Martyrs on the banks of the Danube in Budapest, MEASZ has organized a press briefing to remember the liberation of the city from fascism, as well as the heroes and victims fallen during the war. Because of the pandemic, instead of the traditional impressive wreath-laying ceremony, MEASZ was present there …
