Young anarchists

The magazine Junge Anarchisten was the press organ of the Syndicalist Anarchist Youth of Germany (SAJD), published from 1923 to 1932.

history

The SAJD, founded in 1922, was a youth organization of the Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD) and the Young Anarchists were its organ. “In particular, the FAUD youth organization, the 'Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth of Germany' (SAJD) with its magazine 'Junge Anarchisten' (1923−1931), was actively involved in the fight against the authoritarianism of the presidential cabinets and the emerging fascism and called for the young proletarian united front against the brown danger. ”The SAJD was recognized as an independent youth organization at the 14th annual FAUD congress. The FAUD officially dissolved shortly before the National Socialists came to power and continued to work underground than the Black Crowds . After 1945, the Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth Groups (ASJ) continued the theory and practice of the SAJD.

The Young Anarchists' predecessors were the journals Der Progresspionier of the Young Communist Anarchists in East Saxony and Flammenzeichen . The pioneer of progress appeared in Dresden in 1923 with probably an edition and was editorially supervised by Walter Kleschetzky and Willy Ermer. Ermer also took part in the editing of the Young Anarchists . The magazine Flammenzeichen was also published in 1923 with the subtitle Magazine of the Bakunist Young Anarchists , based on the Russian revolutionary Michael Bakunin . It appeared in two editions. Walter Lenz was the editor, according to his own statement for the "syndicalist-anarchist youth". The progress pioneer was included in the No. 2 of Flame Signs . Both magazines were continued with the Young Anarchists .

In No. 1 of Die Junge Anarchisten a “correction” was published: “In No. 34 of the Syndikalist it says under received publications: that No. 2 of the Flammenzeichen published sheet of the syndicalist, anarchist youth with editors Walter Lenz (Dresden). For organizational and other reasons we absolutely have to state that the Flame Signs were not considered an organ of the syndicalist, anarchist youth in Germany. The RIST has absolutely nothing to do with it ”. The magazine was published by Otto Klemm and Georg Hepp. With a print run of 5,000 copies (1924), the paper first appeared monthly, later on at irregular intervals with publications by Max Hilse, Richard Busse, Helmut Rüdiger , Karl Keiderling (pseudonym for Paul Albrecht ), Peter Kropotkin , Herbert Wehner , Willy Ermer, among others . The places of publication were Berlin, Dresden, Offenbach, Leipzig and others. No. 8 brought an appeal to the proletarian youth .

With the successor magazines Der Junge Rebell (Erfurt) and Der Junge Kämper (Cologne), both published from 1932 to 1933, the last edition of the Junge Anarchisten appeared in 1932 .

Archives

• Young anarchists: Organ of the Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth of Germany. At the International Institute for Social History (IISG, Amsterdam). Die Junge Anarchisten : 1.1923 / 24 H.1,2,5−7, 2.1925 H.1−12, 3.1926 H.1−7 / 8, 4.1927 H.1−5, 5.1928 H.1,2,3 (with Enclosure), 4, 6.1929 H.1,2,5,7,8, (with enclosure), 7.1930 H.1−4, 8.1931 H.1−3: SIGN .: ZK 1106

literature

• Helge Döhring: The press of the syndicalist labor movement in Germany 1918 to 1933. Edition Syfo 1, Moers 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810846-8-9 , pp. 61-66.
• Hartmut Rübner : Freedom and Bread. The Free Workers' Union of Germany. A Study of the History of Anarcho-Syndicalism. Libertad Verlag , Potsdam 1994, ISBN 3-922226-21-3 , pp. 201-204, 288.
• Ulrich Linse : The anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist youth movement 1919–1933. On the history and ideology of the anarchist, syndicalist and unionist children's and youth organizations from 1919–1933. Dipa-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1976, ISBN 3-7638-0218-5 , p. 300.

Web links

• Brief information about the young anarchists in the database of German-speaking anarchism (DadA).
• Brief information about The Progress Pioneer in the DadA
• Brief information about The young rebel in the DadA
• ZDB ID 1051168-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} See on this: Hartmut Rübner: Freiheit und Brot. P. 288.
2. ↑ Ulrich Linse: The "Black Scharen": An anti-fascist struggle organization of German anarchists. ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Quote from section 1: The situation of German anarcho-syndicalism during the world economic crisis. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 
3. ↑ See: Ulrich Linse: The anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist youth movement 1919–1933. P. 300.