International Friendship League

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The old IFL badge
Former membership card of the German section of the IFL

The International Friendship League was the German offshoot of the International Friendship League founded in England on September 26, 1931 by Noel Ede . Their goal was to promote friendship between people from all nations through personal encounters. Above all, trips abroad, holiday camps (so-called centers) and pen pals were used for this purpose .

Between the two world wars, the organization existed mainly in England. After the Second World War , sections were established in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway , Denmark , Sweden and Finland . In Germany there were local chapters in Bonn , Düsseldorf , Cologne , Leverkusen , Solingen , Wolfach in the Black Forest and Wuppertal .

In 1952, the German local groups merged to form the "German Section" of the IFL, which however went out again in 1961 until it was re-established in the 1980s.

Today IFL sections exist in France , Germany , Great Britain , Canada , the Netherlands , Portugal , Senegal , the Seychelles , Sweden , Togo and Uganda.

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