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10th World Festival of Youth and Students | |
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Host country | East Germany |
Dates | 28 July – 5 August 1973 |
Motto | For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship |
Cities | East Berlin |
Participants | 8 million (25,600 guests from 140 countries) |
Follows | 9th World Festival of Youth and Students |
Precedes | 11th World Festival of Youth and Students |
The 10th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held from 28 July to 5 August 1973 in East Berlin, the capital of East Germany. The festival, organised by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) was previously hosted in East Berlin in 1951. Around 8 million visitors and 25,600 guests from 140 countries attended, under the motto, "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship".[1]
Notable attendees of the festival included Communist Party USA member and activist Angela Davis, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.[2] The Communist Party of Turkey also sent a notably higher delegation to the event compared to previous years.[3] It was followed by the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students, hosted in Havana, Cuba in July to August 1978.
Gallery
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Congregation of Free German Youth (FDJ) members in East Berlin
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Panorama of the grandstand
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Youth and students gathering on stage
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Festival flower in Alexanderplatz
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Badge at the Prora NVA museum depicting the logo
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Soviet stamp commemorating the festival
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Festival flower sculpture by Achim Kühn
References
- ^ "Chronology of World Festivals of Youth and Students". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Prag'dan Havana'ya Festival Tarihi" (PDF). Social History Research Foundation of Turkey – TUSTAV. April 11, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2023.
- ^ Cavlı Çulfaz (2023). Hayattan Aklımda Kalanın Özeti. Sosyal Tarih Yayınları. ISBN 9786054513802.
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