International of War Veterans and War Victims

International of War Veterans and War Victims, Internationale der Kriegsopfer und ehemaligen Frontkämpfer, Internationale des Anciens Combattants et des Victimes de la Guerre (I.A.C.)
Founded: 1920
Sources: HB 1929

Officers

Executive Committee.

• Henri Barbusse President 1929-1936

Seats

• 38/40, Neue Friedrichstrasse: Berlin: Germany
  HB 1929

Members in these countries

National associations of war veterans and war victims
Belgium (1929-1936) , France (1929-1936) , Germany (1929-1936) , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1929-1936) , United States of America (1929-1936) ,

Congresses

• 1920-1920 Geneva : Switzerland
• 1921-1921 Vienna: Austria
• 1923-1923 Berlin: Germany
• 1925-1925 Paris: France
• 1927-1927 Brussels: Belgium

Object

HB 1929: To defend the interests of war veterans and war victims, and to work to prevent war as the outcome of the capitalist system.

Finances

HB 1929: Contributions of affiliated associations.

General facts

HB 1929: Constituted in 1920 by the adoption of the Geneva Charter, which declared the I.A.C. to be independent of all political parties and proclaimed that war was the outcome of the capitalist system ; dissolution of the English section in 1921 ; dissolution of the Italian section (Lega Proletaria) in 1922; headquarters transferred from Paris to Berlin in 1923 ; dissolution of the Greek section (Union Panhelleniquc) in 1926.

Publications

HB 1929: War Victims' International Review (monthly).

Activities

HB 1929: International congresses at Geneva (1920), Vienna (1921), Berlin (1923), Paris (1925), Brussels (1927) ; Conference on social policy at Cologne (1925).

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