Union of Czech Youth

SČM poster, announcing a Graeme Bell concert.

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] It functioned as a mass organization of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[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]

In 1949 it merged with its Slovak counterpart, the Union of Slovak Youth, and formed the Czechoslovak Youth Union.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Union of Czechoslovak Students (Czechoslovakia) (1950). Students in Czechoslovakia. National Union of Czechoslovak Students. p. 13.
  2. 1 2 Vlastislav Chalupa (1958). The National Front in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslavak, Foreign Institute in Exile. pp. 17, 65.
  3. 1 2 The Bulletin of the Ministry of Information, 1st Department. The Ministry. March 1946. p. 336.
  4. ↑ Univerzita J.E. Purkyně v Brně. Filozofická fakulta (1967). Sbornǐk praci: Řada sociálněvědná (G). p. 46.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Yuwen Li (6 May 2016). NGOs in China and Europe: Comparisons and Contrasts. Routledge. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-317-08761-8.
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