Young Generation (magazine)

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The Young Generation was a theory magazine for FDJ functionaries in the GDR. She was member of the Central Council of the FDJ , (Editor) for the association active :

It served mainly as a "guide" and "argumentation aid". That is why the young generation published

methodological and content-related information on

  • Management of political processes and
  • to give monthly guidance to the FDJ-Aktivs.

She also conveyed information and experiences from the international youth movement.

The editorial team was affiliated with the Junge Welt publishing house , which also included the FDJ central organ Junge Welt and the rural youth daily newspaper . The magazine appeared for the first time on October 5, 1947 and initially the editorial board included Erich Honecker , Edith Baumann , Hermann Axen , Paul Verner and Rudolf Mießner . In June 1949, however, Honecker and Axen left the editorial team.

The editorial team consisted of 15 people and was divided into the areas of agitation and propaganda , teaching of organization and also make-up and picture editing . The magazine was discontinued after the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR .

The spectrum of topics ranged from the "decadent influence of western beat music" ( Lipsi ) to the supply bottlenecks with cosmetics. The internal abbreviation of the name was Young Genne (short e), she was chosen to be confused with the better known among young boys community submissions.

In the spring of 1953, the Young Community was openly attacked and heavily attacked as the “Illegal Organization Young Community”. Erich Honecker , the first secretary of the FDJ at the time , was charged with "cleaning up" the FDJ from supporters of the Junge Gemeinde . The FDJ Central Organ Young World and the Young Generation were instructed to discredit the work of the Young Community with inflammatory articles. This was intended to prepare a ban.

  • Frequency of publication: every six months or monthly
  • Page count: 80
  • Edition 71,800
  • Price: 0.90 M.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Young generation: Foundation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in youth cultures in the 20th century , project of the history seminar of the University of Düsseldorf@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / lisa.mmz.uni-duesseldorf.de  
  2. ↑ Young generation: Contents  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in youth cultures in the 20th century , project of the history seminar of the University of Düsseldorf@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / lisa.mmz.uni-duesseldorf.de  
  3. ↑ : “ This problem is certainly not unique to our company. When the talk about lively dance music and in this context - it can't be any other way - to the broadcaster Luxemburg, then there are not only heated discussions, but often the ugliest arguments. Our newly elected FDJ leadership made this observation at the election meeting at the beginning of this year. At that time we included in our compass the obligation not to listen to Western stations. After the heated discussions at the time, the newly elected management decided to organize a lecture on this topic for the unteachable. In September we were able to greet an NVA officer in our midst, who explained to us the “meaning” of western dance music and especially the tasks of the broadcaster Luxembourg using tapes. That was a very interesting thing and the friends who swore by Radio Luxemburg up to now also got very thoughtful faces on closer inspection of the lyrics. They had to realize that the music is very fast and catches the ear, but the lyrics have a very specific purpose, namely to encourage young people to steal and murder, to create false ideals and to support the revenge policy of the West German militarists. In contrast to these hits, we also heard dance music from the GDR production. Everyone had to recognize that these texts express the most beautiful and cleanest relationships between people. We are aware of the fact that not all friends are completely convinced of the hostile activities of the Luxembourg broadcaster, which only broadcasts 'only dance music'. But we believe we have already achieved success. "
    Excerpt from Junge Generation 21, p. 94.Berlin, 1962
  4. ↑ Day X - June 17, 1953. The "Inner State Foundation" of the GDR as a result of the crisis in 1952/54. P. 318
  5. ↑ http://www.jugendopposition.de/index.php?id=2861