International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists

The International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists also known by its French initials FIR (Fédération Internationale des Résistantes - Association des Antifascistes) is an organization of veterans of the anti-Axis resistance fighters, partisans, members of the anti-Hitler coalition. During the Cold War, it was a communist dominated organization that furthered the policies of the Eastern Bloc.Facts about international Communist front organisations pp. 85-6

History The FIR was founded in June 1951 in Vienna. It was formed by an earlier organization called the International Federation of Former Political Prisoners; the latter organization had been founded in Paris in 1947.Facts about international Communist front organisations p. 85 (Other sources say 1946).Hoover Institution Yearbook on international communist affairs 1966 Stanford, Calif., Hoover Institution Press. p.511 (Yearbook on International Communist Affairs series)

Due to various activities and initiatives for disarmament and international cooperation, the Secretary General of the United Nations, on 15 September 1987, designated FIR as “Peace Messenger”. FIR is also the only antifascist organization officially accredited at the EU Transparency Register.Transparency Register

At the Prague-conference in 2016 the FIR awarded the Dutch anti-fascist Max van den Berg with their Michiel van der Borcht-prize for his life-long achievements.

Organization

General Assemblies

Vienna, June 1951Yearbook on international communist affairs 1966 p.513 Vienna, November 1954 Vienna, November 1958 (first session); March 1959 (second session) Warsaw, December 1962 Budapest, December 1965 Athens, October 19 – 20, 2007Bulletin of the International Federation of Resistance (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists #12 November 2007 Berlin, January 9 – 10, 2010Bulletin of the International Federation of Resistance (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists #19 February 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria October 4 – 6, 2013Successful congress in Sofia Prague, Czech Republic November 18 – 20, 2016On the way to Congress in Prague Reggio Emilia, Italy November 29–30, 2019Successful congress of FIR in Reggio Emilia

Members

Albania - Austria - Austria - Belarus - Veterans Organisation of the Republic of Belarus Belgium - – Bosnia-Herzegovina - Udruženje veterana Narodnooslobodilačkog i antifašističkog rata Bosne i Hercegovine (1941–1945) Bulgaria - БЪЛГАРСКИ АНТИФАШИСТКИ СЪЮЗ / Union Antifasciste Bulgarie Croatia - Cyprus - Cyprus Veterans Association World War II / Cyprus - Pancyprian Democratic Resistance Association / Czech Republic - / Denmark - /FIR Denmark France - France - France - France - France - France - Germany - Germany - Germany - Germany - Germany - Germany - Germany - Germany - Greece - Panellínia Énosi Agonistón tis Ethnikís Antístasis / Union Panhellénique des Combattants de la Résistance Nationale Greece - Panellínia énosi machitón tis Mésis Anatolís / Panhelleic ligue of Middle East-Fighters Greece - Orgánosi gia tin katapolémisi tis máchis tis ethnikís prostasías / Organisation Panhellénique des Combattants de la Résistance Nationale Greece - Panellínia Énosi Syndikalistón tis Ethnikís Antístasis / Ligue Panhellénique des Combattants de la Résistance Nationale Greece - Panellínia Politistikí Etaireía Apogónous kai Fíloi tou Ethnikoú Anthektikoú kai Dimokratikoú Stratoú / Panhellenic Cultural Society Descendants and Friends of National Resistant and Democratic Army Greece - Panellínia Omospondía Antistasiakón Organóseon / Panhellenic Federation of Resistance Organisations Hungary - Magyar Ellenállók és Antifasiszták Szövetsége / Verband der ungarischen Widerstandskämpfer und Antifaschisten- Gemeinsam für Demokratie Israel - Association of Disabled Veterans of Fight against Nazism Israel - Organization of Partisans Underground Fighters and Ghetto Rebels in Israel Israel - Veterans Union of World War II – Fighters Against Nazism Italy - Italy - Latvia - Latvijas Tirailieru un partizānu 130. korpusa veterānu asociācija / Assoc. des Anciens Combattants du 130e Corps d’Armée de Tirailleurs Lettons et des Partisans Luxembourg - Luxembourg - North Macedonia - Sojuz na veterani od nacionalnata osloboditelna i antifašistička vojna na Makedonija 1941 - 1945 godina / Union of Veterans from the national liberation and antifascist war of Macedonia 1941 – 1945 Netherlands - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Rossiyskiy obshchestvennyy komitet byvshikh voinov / Russisches gesellschaftliches Komitee der ehemaligen Kriegsteilnehmer Russia - International Association of Veterans Organizations Serbia - Saveza udruženja boraca narodnooslobodilackog rata Srbije 1941-1945 Slovakia - Slovenský zväz protifašistických bojovníkov Slovenia - Zvezo združenj borcev za vrednote NOB Spain - Spain - Spain - Spain - Ukraine - All-Ukrainian Union of War Veterans

FIR Bulletin FIR monthly publishes a magazine named “FIR Bulletin” in three languages.FIR Bulletin. The magazine focuses on historical-political issues; it contributes to notify events related to the European and International resistance.

International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists

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