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 …
28. Januar 2021
In a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, published by German Television, Esther Bejarano, musician, anti-fascist, survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and member of the FIR honour presidency, said:
Where do we stand in this year 76 after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp? …
18. Dezember 2020
We wish all: stay healthy and active. The coming year has many tasks in historical memory work and for anti-fascism today.
The FIR celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. We hope that we can celebrate it together with you. Also after seven decades the political tasks for the political legacy of the women and men from …
13. November 2020
It is with great sadness that we must announce the death of our comrade Simeon Ignatov, President of the Bulgarian Anti-Fascist Union and member of the executive committee of FIR.
On 30 October 2020, he celebrated his 80th birthday – due to the corona restrictions in a small circle. On this occasion, the FIR sent him …
10. November 2020
In our capacity as President and Secretary General of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists, we take the opportunity to congratulate you cordially on your election as future President of the United States of America. Even if there are still some legal points of contention, we are nevertheless confident that …
3. November 2020
With disgust and indignation, the FIR had heard about the terrorist attack in Vienna. Based on the statements of the Austrian ministry of the Interior fanatical Muslims should be responsible for this action. It does not actually matter which group of perpetrators is responsible for this attack. It is and remains a despicable crime.
The coordinated …
5. Oktober 2020
With deep mourning, the Italian partisan federation ANPI and the international federation of the resistance fighters (FIR) must announce the death of Carla Nespolo. She was elected 2017 as the first president of the Italian federation.
Born in 1943 in Novara (Piedmont), she came from a communist family that fought actively in the Italian resistance against …
30. März 2020
[:en]Today, amid a volatile and unpredictable global situation, our vulnerable world is facing an unprecedented new challenge, the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading accross the world uncontained and has a deep impact on the everyday life of ordinary citizens.
This time, joining forces at a global level against this invisible enemy of our civilization has become …
