The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR ) – Association of antifascists sent to the inhabitants of the Hero City Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, and the veterans of the Soviet Army, best wishes on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of the city by breaking through the blockade on 27 Januar 1944.
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24. Januar 2014
(Deutsch) FIR Solidarität gegen terroristische Anschläge in Wolgograd
2. Januar 2014
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Mit Entsetzen und tiefer Trauer haben wir die Nachricht von dem erneuten Bombenanschlag in Wolgograd, der ehemaligen Heldenstadt Stalingrad, zur Kenntnis genommen. Wie …
Successful congress in Sofia
7. Oktober 2013
FIR held in early October in the Bulgarian capital Sofia its XVI annual Congress. 45 delegates from all parts of Europe , from Portugal to Russia, from Denmark to Greece made a bilance of the successful work of the past three years and decided about future activities.
XVI regular FIR – Congress in Sofia
28. September 2013
Invited by the Bulgarian antifascist Union we have the possibility to held our next regular congress of FIR in Sofia, the town of Georgii Dimitrov. In the last weeks all member federations received the written invitation for the FIR-congress from October 5/6, 2013 in Sofia. Since the XV regular congress in Berlin we could experience …
Exhibition “European resistance movement” in the European Parliament
24. September 2013
Europe, INIG, Resistance fight
8 July 2013 opened in the foyer of the European Parliament, the joint exhibition of the Institut des Vétérans and the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists about the “European resistance movement against Nazism” on invitation of the Vice-President of the European Parliament Miguel Angel Martinez and in presence of numerous …
FIR awarded Michel-Vanderborght Price
24. September 2013
On an impressive ceremony at the second weekend of July the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists awarded the Michel Vanderborght Price in the ballroom of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels to eight personalities and initiatives. This prize, named after the Belgian Partisans and last president of the FIR, should honor …
75 Years International Brigades in Spain
1. Januar 2012
We wish all comrades, friends and combatants a good and peaceful New Year 2012.
Nous souhaitons à tous les camarades, amis et alliés une bonne et paisible nouvelle année 2012.
Wir wünschen allen Kameradinnen und Kameraden, Freunden und Mitstreitern ein gutes und friedliches Jahr 2012.
Vilmos Hanti (President)
Dr. Ulrich Schneider …
Einladung zur Präsentation:
17. März 2011
In Kooperation mit dem Institut des Vétérans – Institut National des Invalides de Guerre, Anciens Combattants et Victimes de Guerre, Bruxelles, laden wir herzlich zur Vorstellung einer bislang einmaligen Publikation, die gemeinsam vom Institut des Vétérans (Brüssel) und der Internationalen Föderation der Widerstandskämpfer (FIR, Berlin) herausgegeben wird, ein, der “Landkarte der Lager und anderer Nazi-Haftstätten”.
Obituary Michel Vanderborght
12. September 2010
Mit tiefer Trauer müssen wir den Tod des Präsidenten der Internationalen Föderation der Widerstandskämpfer (FIR) – Bund der Antifaschisten, Michel Vanderborght, vermelden. Am 12. September 2010 verstarb er im Alter von 85 Jahren.