Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ In our newsletter we mostly commemorate the successes of the international anti-fascist struggle. But we also have reason to remember heroic battles, even if they were not ultimately victorious. In most cases they helped to significantly shorten fascist rule in the respective countries or […]
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ With this newsletter, FIR commemorates the liberation of Athens by the armed forces of the Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) on October 12, 1944. Since the attack of the German and Italian units in April 1941, Greece and its capital Athens lived under Nazi
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ There is no doubt that the United Nations must be strengthened as an international institution. For this reason, the UN General Assembly held a “Summit of the Future” this year on September 22/23 under the motto “Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow”. Germany and
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ The FIR recalls how 90 years ago the USSR made a contribution to strengthening the international community in an escalating international situation when it joined the League of Nations on September 18, 1934. The League of Nations, created in 1919 by the Treaty of
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ A core theme of the extreme right is exaggerated nationalism – “Our country first” is the popular propaganda formula. However, this does not prevent them from forming alliances with like-minded forces across national borders. The networking of the extreme right-wing parties, which now have
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ Last weekend, not only in Poland and Germany, but also in many European countries, governments and peace forces commemorated the beginning of the warlike part of the Second World War with Hitler’s German invasion of Poland. We deliberately say “warlike part” because, in our
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ We commemorate the liberation of the French capital by the forces of the French Resistance and French units as part of the Allied forces on August 25, 1944. Following the landing of Anglo-American troops in Normandy in June 1944, the French Resistance stepped up
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ In view of the growing danger today of the war in Ukraine escalating into a European war with the direct involvement of NATO troops, this newsletter reminds us of the prehistory and the beginning of the First World War on August 1, 1914, 110
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) recalls that over 20 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 20 as World Refugee Day. Since 2001, World Refugee Day has been celebrated worldwide within the framework of the UN. This day of remembrance commemorates the
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Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (Association of Anti-Fascists) – https://fir.at/en/ This week saw the commemoration of D-Day, the landing of the Western Allies in Normandy and thus the opening of the Second Front 80 years ago. It should have been an occasion to pay tribute to the military achievements of the
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