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.
- Date
- August 1949
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) delegation; Zentralbild press photograph (photographer not named in the record)
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Vasily Chuikov
- Audience
- Mixed
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-R78424, via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Bundesarchiv release on Wikimedia Commons; file page states the licence)
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R78424 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
MIT DEM WELTBUND DER DEMOKRATISCHEN JUGEND FÜR EINE GLÜCKLICHE ZUKUNFT FÜR FRIEDEN UND DEMOKRATIE VORWÄRTS ZUM 2. WELTJUGENDKONGRESS [further banners at left, illegible]
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.
