International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists

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]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

• Albania - Veteranët e Luftës Antifashiste Nacionalçlirimtare Shqiptare
• Austria - Vereinigung österreichischer Freiwilliger in der spanischen Republik
• Austria - Bundesverband österreichischer Widerstandskämpfer und Antifaschisten
• Belarus - Veterans Organisation of the Republic of Belarus
• Belgium - Comité d’Action de la Résistance – Aktie Raad van de Weerstand
• Bosnia-Herzegovina - Udruženje veterana Narodnooslobodilačkog i antifašističkog rata Bosne i Hercegovine (1941-1945)
• Bulgaria - БЪЛГАРСКИ АНТИФАШИСТКИ СЪЮЗ / Union Antifasciste Bulgarie
• Croatia - Savez Antifasistisckih Boraca i Antifasista Republike Hrvatske
• Cyprus - Cyprus Veterans Association World War II / Σύνδεσμος Βετεράνων Κύπρου Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος
• Cyprus - Pancyprian Democratic Resistance Association / Παγκύπρια Ένωση Δημοκρατικής Αντίστασης
• Czech Republic - Svaz bojovníků za svobodu/Verband der Freiheitskämpfer
• Denmark - FIR Danmark/FIR Denmark
• France - Association Nationale des Cheminots Anciens Combattants
• France - Union des Juifs pour la Résistance et l’Ent’aide
• France - Association Nationale des Anciens Combattants de la Résistance
• France - Comité International de Ravensbrück
• France - Amicale des Anciens Guerrilleros Espanols en France
• France - Comite Internationale Sachsenhausen
• Germany - Verband Deutscher in der Resistance, in den Streikräften der Antihilterkoalition^[12]
• Germany - Internationales Sachsenhausen Komitee
• Germany - Lagergemeinschaft Ravensbrück/ Freundeskreise
• Germany - Förderverein Gedenkstätte Steinwache / Internationales Rombergpark Komitee
• Germany - Kämpfer und Freunde der Spanischen Republik 1936-1939
• Germany - Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes – Bund der Antifaschisten
• Germany - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neuengamme
• Germany - Jenischer Bund in Deutschland
• 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 - Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia
• Italy - Associazione Partigiani Matteotti del Piemonte
• 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 - Les Amis des Brigades Internationales Luxembourg
• Luxembourg - Comite International de Sachsenhausen
• 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 - Vereniging Landlijk Kontakt-Groep Verzetsgepensioneerden (40-45)
• Netherlands - Antifascistische oud-Verzetsstrijders Nederland / Bond van Antifascisten
• Poland - Polski Zwiazek Bylych Wiezniów Politycznych Hitlerowskich Wiezién I Obozów Koncentracyjnych
• Portugal - União de Resistentes Antifascistas Portugueses
• Romania - Asociatia Antifascistilor din 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 - Amicale de Mauthausen y otros campos
• Spain - Associación Brigadas Internationales (Voluntarios de la Libertad)
• Spain - Associación de Ex-Presos y Represaliados Politicos Antifranquistas
• Spain - Associacio Catalana d’Expresos Politics
• Ukraine - All-Ukrainian Union of War Veterans

FIR monthly publishes a magazine named “FIR Bulletin” in three languages.^[13] The magazine focuses on historical-political issues; it contributes to notify events related to the European and International resistance.