Sozialistische Jugend-Internationale Archives

Period (1907-) 1923-1946
Total size   8 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

Founded under the name Internationale Verbindung sozialistischer Jugendorganisationen in 1907; headquartered in Vienna; its first secretaries were Hendrik de Man and from 1908 to 1915 Robert Danneberg; stressed the struggle against militarism; split during the First World War in consequence of the foundation of the International Youth Bureau in Berne in 1915 under Willi Münzenberg, which had close relations with the socialist antiwar opposition organizing itself at the Zimmerwald and Kienthal conferences; in 1921 two new organizations were founded: the Internationale Gemeinschaft der Sozialistischen Jugendorganisationen under the auspices of the International Working Union of Socialist Parties (IWUSP), with Karl Heinz as its secretary, and the Arbeiter-Jugend-Internationale under the auspices of the remnants of the Second International, with Erich Ollenhauer as its secretary; these two merged in 1923 as the Sozialistische Jugend-Internationale at the International Socialist Conference in Hamburg, together with the foundation of the Labour and Socialist International (LSI/SAI); secretary was Erich Ollenhauer; its seat was Berlin 1923-1933, Prague 1933-1938 and Paris 1938-1940; political decisions were left to the LSI/SAI; involved in a bitter fight against fascism in the 1930s; the Second World War terminated most of its activities.

Content

Documents relating to the Internationale Verbindung der Sozialistischen Jugendorganisationen 1907-1918: circulars (partly copies), correspondence with member organizations in various countries, resolutions and reports; documents relating to the Arbeiter-Jugend-Internationale 1920-1924: correspondence, circulars and files; documents relating to the Sozialistische Jugend-Internationale: correspondence, circulars, agenda, (draft) proceedings, reports, press clippings and other documents on congresses 1923-1939, on meetings of the Executive Committee 1924-1939 and on the Bureau meetings 1923-1939; documents on meetings organized with other international socialist organizations 1923-1937; correspondence with socialist international organizations, including the Socialist Student International 1926-1934, the LSI/SAI 1923-1934, the Sozialistische Erziehungs-Internationale 1932-1936, the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Sport-Internationale 1926-1934, the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) 1923-1934 and the Communist Youth International 1925-1935; correspondence with affiliated socialist youth organizations in various countries 1923-1939; correspondence, circulars and statutes concerning the reconstruction of the SJI after the Second World War 1944-1946, resulting in the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).

Processing information

Inventory made by J.R. van der Leeuw in 1967.

Secondary creator

Internationale Verbindung Sozialistischer Jugendorganisationen.

Related material

at the SPD archives in Bonn