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title: FDJ march-past banners at the 2nd World Festival of Youth, Budapest
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fdj-banners-budapest-world-youth-festival-1949/
description: Rows of young women in matching skirts and white blouses march behind long banners reading 'Mit dem Weltbund der demokratischen Jugend für eine…
section: Collection
---

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[![FDJ march-past banners at the 2nd World Festival of Youth, Budapest](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fdj-banners-budapest-world-youth-festival-1949.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fdj-banners-budapest-world-youth-festival-1949.jpg)

# FDJ march-past banners at the 2nd World Festival of Youth, Budapest

Rows of young women in matching skirts and white blouses march behind long banners reading 'Mit dem Weltbund der demokratischen Jugend für eine glückliche Zukunft' and 'Für Frieden und Demokratie, vorwärts zum 2. Weltjugendkongreß'. The banners offer only abstractions (peace, democracy, a happy future), which no one marching can be against.

## Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MIT DEM WELTBUND DER DEMOKRATISCHEN
JUGEND FÜR EINE GLÜCKLICHE ZUKUNFT

FÜR FRIEDEN UND DEMOKRATIE
VORWÄRTS ZUM 2. WELTJUGENDKONGRESS

[further banners at left, illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
WITH THE WORLD FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC
YOUTH FOR A HAPPY FUTURE

FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY
FORWARD TO THE 2ND WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS

[further banners at left, illegible]
```

Read from the 784 px image. The 'BUDAPEST' lettering faintly visible in the sky is a stamp on the print, not part of the object. Banners further left are cut off or too small to read.

[← Kaoem Boeroeh dan Kaoem-Tani dari segala Bangsa dan Agama Bersatoelah!!! (Workers and Peasants of All Nations and Religions, Unite!!!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kaoem-boeroeh-kaoem-tani-bersatoelah-1949/) ["Jugend voran im Kampf um die Einheit Deutschlands": FDJ torchlight march, Berlin →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-fdj-torchlight-march-berlin-1949/)

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