Union of Czech Youth

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]

SČM poster, announcing a Graeme Bell concert.

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

References
  1. National Union of Czechoslovak Students (Czechoslovakia) (1950). Students in Czechoslovakia. National Union of Czechoslovak Students. p. 13.
  2. Vlastislav Chalupa (1958). The National Front in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslavak, Foreign Institute in Exile. pp. 17, 65.
  3. 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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