FDJ FREE GERMAN YOUTH IN GDR \ FREIE DEUTSCHE JUGEND

Description: Original slogan on the poster: FDJ VORWÄRTS ZU DEN XII. WELTFESTSPIELEN DER JUGEND UND STUDENTEN! MOSKAU 1985 Literally English translation: FREE GERMAN YOUTH FORWARD TO THE XII. WORLD FESTIVALS FOR YOUTH AND STUDENTS! MOSCOW 1985 POSTER ARTIST: UNKNOWN PRINT YEAR: 1985 SUBJECT: WFYS LANGUAGE: GERMAN PRINT RUN: UNKNOWN PUBLISHED BY: FDJ SIZE: IN: 23 ¾ x 32 ¼ = CM: 58 x 82 CONDITION: FLAT, NEAR TO GOOD The artwork dedicated to the 12TH WORLD YOUTH AND STUDENT'S FESTIVAL (WFYS) - a festival held from July 27 to August 3, 1985 in Moscow. The festival was attended by 26,000 people from 157 countries of the world. The slogan of the festival is “For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship”. Before the festival, posters, postage stamps with festival symbols, a commemorative coin were issued. The poster and symbols of the XII World Festival of Youth and Students were approved in the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow personally by Mikhail Gorbachev. The political task of the festival was to show the positive aspects of the life of Soviet society, as well as the establishment of a new international economic order, discussion of the problem of economic assistance to backward and developing countries, the fight against poverty and unemployment, and environmental issues were raised. ______________________________________________________________________ The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (German: Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly, it was the official youth movement of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25 and comprised about 75% of the young population of former East Germany. In 1981–1982, this meant 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thälmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. The FDJ was intended to be the "reliable assistant and fighting reserve of the Worker's Party", or Socialist Unity Party of Germany, was a member of the National Front and had representatives in the People's Chamber. The political and ideological goal of the FDJ was to influence every aspect of life of young people in the GDR, distribution of Marxism–Leninism and the promotion of communist behavior.[6] Membership in the FDJ was nominally voluntary. However, those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult (if not impossible) to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers, etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons. While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany's young people, it did not concentrate on this to the exclusion of other activities. It arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open-air rock concerts.The Festival of Political Songs was an officially sponsored event from 1970 to 1990. www.facebook.com/sovietartposters Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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