International Red Aid

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IRH symbol (1932)

The International Red Aid ( IRH ; also known by the Russian acronym МОПР or MOPR) was an international aid organization that was associated with the Communist International . The IRH was founded in Moscow in 1922 as a political counterpart to the Red Cross . The IRH organized campaigns in support of communist prisoners and collected material for humanitarian aid. She also set up homes for children of persecuted or arrested revolutionaries, e. B. in Worpswede ( Barkenhoff ), Elgersburg and in the Soviet Union in Iwanowo .

Historical organization

From 1924 the IRH had national branches in 19 states:

When the Communist International dissolved at the end of the Second World War , this was also the end of the IRH.

Successor organizations

In 2000, the IRH in Brussels was re-established under the name Rote Hilfe International (RHI, French Secours Rouge International , SRI). The two central secretariats of RHI are located in Brussels and Zurich . The office in Zurich is run by Revolutionary Construction Switzerland (RAS).

In 1986 the Rote Hilfe eV was established in Germany , which emerged from the Rote Hilfe Deutschland (RHD) founded on January 26, 1975 by the Communist Party of Germany / Marxist-Leninists (KPD / ML).

Political orientation

According to its own information, the IRH also wants to support militant activists who have been sentenced to prison terms for political or military activities, such as B. imprisoned members of the Red Army Faction , the Red Brigades and the Belgian Cellules Communistes Combattantes . Today's RHI is neither humanitarian nor charitable, but sees itself in the tradition of International Red Aid from 1922.

Internal Security Report in Switzerland

In its report “Internal Security in Switzerland in 2006”, the Swiss Federal Police Office assumes that the IRH should serve to network left-wing extremist activities across Europe.

literature

Web links

Commons : International Red Aid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on Internal Security in Switzerland 2006. Federal Office of Police, May 2007, archived from the original on October 31, 2007 .;