Union of Czech Youth
Czech Youth Union Svaz české mládeže | |
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Founded | 4 June 1945 |
Dissolved | 23 April 1949 |
Merged into | |
Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Ideology | |
Mother party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Social Democracy (4 June 1945 – 27 June 1948) Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (4 June 1945 – 8 May 1946) |
International affiliation | World Federation of Democratic Youth |
National affiliation | National Front |
Newspaper | Mladá fronta |
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The Union of Czech Youth (Czech: Svaz české mládeže, abbreviated SČM) was a youth organization in post-war Czechoslovakia. The organization was founded on Radhošť in July 1945.[1][2] Originally it functioned as a unified left-wing youth organization, over time the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia gained more influence.[2] SČM had two deputies in the Provisional National Assembly, Hájek and Maleček.[3] As of 1946 SČM claimed to have 7,200 local branches and around half a million members.[3] Membership in the organization declined during 1946 and 1947.[4] The organization published the daily newspaper Mladá fronta.[5] SČM was part of the National Front.[6]
Dissolution[]
After 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, the communists planned to merge all youth groups fully under one organization. On 23 April 1949 Czech Youth Union merged with its Slovak counterpart, the , and formed the , organization under direct control of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b National Union of Czechoslovak Students (Czechoslovakia) (1950). Students in Czechoslovakia. National Union of Czechoslovak Students. p. 13.
- ^ a b Vlastislav Chalupa (1958). The National Front in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslavak, Foreign Institute in Exile. pp. 17, 65.
- ^ a b The Bulletin of the Ministry of Information, 1st Department. The Ministry. March 1946. p. 336.
- ^ Univerzita J.E. Purkyně v Brně. Filozofická fakulta (1967). Sbornǐk praci: Řada sociálněvědná (G). p. 46.
- ^ Bradley F. Abrams (2005). The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation: Czech Culture and the Rise of Communism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7425-3024-9.
- ^ Yuwen Li (6 May 2016). NGOs in China and Europe: Comparisons and Contrasts. Routledge. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-317-08761-8.
- Youth wings of political parties in Czechoslovakia
- Youth wings of communist parties
- 1945 establishments in Czechoslovakia
- 1949 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia