Free German Youth (East Germany)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Free_German_Youth_(East_Germany)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkb:student_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:FDJ
gptkbp:activity cultural events
political rallies
sports events
youth camps
volunteer labor
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkb:World_Federation_of_Democratic_Youth
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:founded 7 March 1946
gptkbp:hasNewspaper gptkb:Junge_Welt
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Free German Youth (East Germany)
gptkbp:ideology communism
socialism
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:membership over 2 million (at peak)
de facto compulsory for career advancement
voluntary (in theory)
gptkbp:motto Für Frieden und Sozialismus! Seid bereit! – Immer bereit!
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Freie_Deutsche_Jugend
gptkbp:notableEvent World Festival of Youth and Students (1951, Berlin)
FDJ Marches
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkb:Erich_Honecker
Claudia Korenke
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:predecessor none
gptkbp:purpose social activities
political education
support for state policies
gptkbp:relatedGroup youth aged 14 to 25
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:World_Federation_of_Democratic_Youth
gptkb:Pioneer_Organization_Ernst_Thälmann
gptkbp:role instrument of state control over youth
youth wing of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:symbol blue shirt
FDJ emblem (rising sun)
gptkbp:uniform blue shirt with FDJ emblem
gptkbp:website https://www.fdj.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Free_German_Youth_(West_Germany)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7