"Die Jugend kämpft für den Frieden!": founding ceremony of the Berlin FDJ, Friedrichstadtpalast
A choir and guitarists stand on a stage under a wide banner reading 'Die Jugend kämpft für den Frieden!' with an 'FDJ' emblem board below it. 'Peace' is claimed as the group's own cause in a phrase that names no policy and no opponent.
- Date
- November 2, 1947
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ), Berlin organisation; ADN-Zentralbild, photographer Kolbe
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Vasily Sokolovsky
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- 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-T1017-325, 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-T1017-325 / Kolbe / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
Die Jugend KÄMPFT für den Frieden ! FDJ
Youth FIGHTS for peace! FDJ
Read from the 800 px image. Capitalisation and the smaller 'für den' follow the banner's lettering. The credit strip under the image is the Bundesarchiv's, not part of the object.
