International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists

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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.[1]

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.[2] (Other sources say 1946[3])

Organization

General Assemblies

  • Vienna June 1951.[4]
  • Vienna November 1954[4]
  • Vienna November 1958 (first session); March 1959 (second session)[4]
  • Warsaw December 1962[4]
  • Budapest December 1965[4]
  • Athens October 19 – 20, 2007 [5]
  • Berlin January 9–10, 2010[6]
  • Sofia, Bulgaria October 2013[7]

Members

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Red countries have at least one member of the FIR

See also

References

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External links

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