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Corona virus and international antifascist work

14. März 2020

With large concern, the FIR and its member federations pursue the current spreading of the Corona virus in Europe. We are not only concerned about the health aspects seizing the entire society, but because this pandemic affects in various forms the anti-fascist and remembrance work of the FIR and all member federations.
Since this week in …

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27 January 1945 – 75 years ago the Auschwitz death camp was liberated

25. Januar 2020

On 27 January 1945, the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front whose Commander-in-Chief was Marshal I.S. Konev, succeeded in liberating the Auschwitz extermination camp.
Auschwitz stands until today as a symbol for the incomprehensible monstrosity of the fascist extermination policy. Between the summer of 1940 and January 1945, more than 1.3 million people from all …

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(Deutsch) 27. Januar 1945 – vor 75 Jahren wurde das Vernichtungslager Auschwitz befreit

25. Januar 2020

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Am 27. Januar 1945 gelang es der 60. Armee der I. Ukrainischen Front, deren Oberkommandierender Marschall I.S. Konew war, das Vernichtungslager Auschwitz zu …

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Successful congress of FIR in Reggio Emilia

5. Dezember 2019

“Together with today’s generations, we preserve the legacy of the fighters and persecuted, we fight against neo-fascism, racism and the roots of fascism, and for democracy, humanism, social justice and “a new world of peace and freedom.” This was the message of the XVIII regular congress of the International federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR), held …

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(Deutsch) Erfolgreicher Kongress der FIR in Reggio Emilia

5. Dezember 2019

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“Gemeinsam mit den heutigen Generationen bewahren wir das Erbe der Kämpfer und Verfolgten, kämpfen gegen Neofaschismus, Rassismus und die Wurzeln des Faschismus, für …

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The FIR in preparation for its XVIII regular congress

13. November 2019

From 29 November to 1 December 2019, the XVIII regular congress of FIR will take place in Reggio Emilia. Three years after the Prague congress, the member federations will make a balance of the political work and the changes of the framework conditions. The three core messages of FIR work are: “Never again war!”, “Never …

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(Deutsch) Die FIR in Vorbereitung auf ihren XVIII regulären Kongress

13. November 2019

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Vom 29. November bis 1. Dezember 2019 findet in Reggio Emilia der XVIII reguläre Kongress der FIR statt. Drei Jahre nach dem Prager …

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A bad message from the European Parliament

23. September 2019

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On 19 September 2019, the EU Parliament in Strasbourg passed a resolution that allegedly dealt with the “significance of the European past (or European historical consciousness) for the future of Europe“. 535 MEPs voted for this resolution, 66 against and 52 abstained.
The FIR and its member federations can in no way agree with this resolution. …

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(Deutsch) Eine schlimme Botschaft des Europäischen Parlaments

23. September 2019

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Am 19. September 2019 verabschiedete das EU-Parlament in Straßburg eine Resolution, in der es angeblich um die “Bedeutung der europäischen Vergangenheit (oder des …

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Commemorating September 1st, 1939 – 2019

25. August 2019

Disarmament instead of armament – We need a new international peace policy!
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the attack of Hitler Germany on Poland on 1 September 1939, which marks the military beginning of the Second World War, the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists calls for initiatives for …

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