INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS (FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES RESISTANTS - FIR)

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CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1
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July 6, 1998
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October 1, 1956
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS (Federation Internationale des Resistants - FIR) A Compilation of Available Basis Reference Data -- Affiliates and Parallel Organizations, Strength, Officers, Addresses, Publications. Based on Data Available as of 1 October 1956 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 dim" INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS (Federation Internationale des Resistants - FIR) A. Headquarters Address: Castellezgasse 35, Vienna II, Austria Imo. Regional Offices: None C. Claimed Membership: 4 million (1952) D. Official Publications: Resistance Unie (Published every other month) Service d'Information (weekly) E. Executive Officers (Elected Second Congress, November 1954): Bureau President: Colonel Frederic H. MANHES (France) Vice Presidents: Fritz BEYLING (Germany) Piero CALEFFI (Italy) Jacques DEBU-BRIDEL (France) Paul FALK (Germany) Albert FORCINAL (France) Alexandre GUNDOROV (USSR) Umberto TERRACINI (Italy) Pierre VILLON (France) Jan VODICKA (Czechoslovakia) Wilhelm STEINER (Austria) Secretary General: Andre LEROY (France) Asst. Secretary General: Aleksander SZUREK (Poland) Claimed membership (1951): 200, 000 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2900/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Secretaries: Bureau (Continued) Siegfr ed BERLINER (Germany) Renat BERTOLINI (Italy) Otto ORN (Austria) Lm- C i,rrn--- . _- S-E-C-R-E-T A. Natio al Association of Veterans of the Frenc Resistance (Assn iation Nationale des Anciens Combattants de la esistance Francaise) Addr ss (1954): 27 Blvd. des Italiens, Paris Publi ation: France d'Abord Estimated membership (1954): 23, 000 B. Nati nal Federation of Deportees, Internees, Resi tants, and Patriots (Fed ration Nationale des Deportes, Internes, Resistants, Patriotes) Add ess: 10 rue Leroux Par s Pub ication: Le Patriote Resistant Co mittee of Anti=Fascist Resistance Fighters (A sschuss antifaschistischer Widerstandskampfer) Ad ress (1953): Charlottenstrasse 46, Be lin A sociation of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime (Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes) A dress: Roederbergweg 62, F ankfurt /Main P blication: Die Tat risoners located at Ul. Widok 10, Warsaw, Poland. xile through the Panhellenic Union of Political s of 19,52 Greece was apparently represented in here is no organized affiliate of FIR in Greece. Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 S 3 2. AUSTRIA Austrian Association of Resistance Fighters and Victims of Fascism (Verband der Widerstandskampfer and Opfer des Faschismus Osterreichs) Address: Castellezgasse 35, Vienna II, Austria Publication: Der Neue Mahnruf Claimed membership (1952): 40, 000 Estimated membership (1954): 6, 698 Belgian Section of the FIR (Section Belge de la FIR) Address: 38 rue du Taciturne, Brussels Publication: None Membership: Not available, but believed small Union of Fighters Against Fascism (Suyuz na Bortsite Protiv 'ashizrna) Address: Bd. Stalin 18, Sofia Union of Fighters Against Fascism (Svaz Protifasistickych Bojnovniku) Address: 22 Legerova, Prague Claimed membership (1951): 200, 000 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : G'CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Affil' ate s Union of Resistance Fighters A. National Association of Veterans of the French Resistance (Association Nationale des Anciens Combattants de la Resistance Francaise) Address (1954): 27 Blvd. des Italiens, Paris Publication: France d'Abord Estimated membership (1954): 23,000 B. National Federation of Deportees, Internees, Resistants, and Patriots (Federa ion Nationale des Deportes, Internes, Resistants, Patriotes) Address: 10 rue Leroux Paris Publication: Le Patriote Resistant 8. GERMANY (EAST) Commit ee of Anti=Fascist Resistance Fighters (Aussch ss antifaschistischer Widerstandskampfer) Address (1953): Charlottenstrasse 46, Berlin 9. GERMANY (WEST) Associa ion of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime (Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes) Address: Roederbergweg 62, Frankfu t /Main Publication: Die Tat There i no organized affiliate of FIR in Greece. As of 1952 Greece was apparently represented in exile though the Panhellenic Union of Political Prisoners located at Ul. Widok 10, Warsaw, Poland. Approved For Rele~se 2000/08/27 ;,CAA-tDP78-00915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA--RD-P7 Z0'915R000600140036-1 Hungarian Association of Fighters for Freedom (Magyar Szabodsaghorcos Svovtseg) Address: Zoltan Ucca 16, Budapest Estimated Membership (1952): 80, 000-100, 000 12. ISRAEL Union of Anti-Nazi Fighters 13. ITALY A. National Association, of Italian Partisans (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani D'Italia) Address: Via degli Scipioni 271, Rome Publication: Patria Independente (biweekly) Estimated Membership (1955): 350, 000 B. National Association of Italian Anti-Fascist Political Persecutees (Associazione Nazionale Perseguitati Political Italiani Anti-Fascisti) Addre s.s : (1955) : Piazza Rondanini 29, Rome Publication: L'antifascista (Monthly) 14. LUXEMBOURG Awakening of the Resistance (Reveil de la Resistance) Address: 11 route, de Thionville, Luxembourg Estimated Membership (1954) : 90 15. THE NETHERLANDS United Resistance 1940-45 (Verenigd Verzet 1940-45) Address (1952): Weesperzijde 2 by, Amsterdam Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : ClA-13Q.P7-8-Q0915R000600140036-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1 6 Assoc ation of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy (Swig ek Bojownikow Wolnosc i Democracje) Address (1953): Ul. Rutowskiego 15, Warsaw Publi ation: Za Wolnosc i Lud National Federation of Former Anti-Fascist Prisoners and Deportees. Address (1952): Str. Biserica Amzei 5-7, Budapest No or the U throul and N ;anized affiliate of the FIR is known to exist in S.S.R. FIR representation is apparently maintained h Alexandre GUNDOROV, a Vice President of FIR, kolai CHIKALENKO, a member of the Bureau. S Approved For Rele se 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-00915R000600140036-1