4th World Festival of Youth and Students
- 4th World Festival of Youth and Students
Infobox WFYS |
edition = 4th
host = Romania
year = 1953
participants = 30,000
countries = 111
The Fourth World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held in 1953, in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
The World Federation of Democratic Youth organized this festival against a background of what it described as persecution of communists, such as in West Germany, where Philipp Müller, a delegate to the 3rd WFYS had been killed during a demonstration, and in the United States, where Julius and Ethel Rosenberg had been convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, and executed. Other stated goals of the festival were to protest against the Korean War and to support the communist movements in the French colonies of Algeria and Vietnam. With this background, the festival and its preparation became anti-war demonstrations.
The 4th WFYS was intended to showcase the People's Republic of Romania among the Socialist Bloc. It was held August 2-14, 1953, at the newly-built "23 August Stadium" (now called the "Lia Manoliu Stadium"). More than 30,000 young people from 111 countries participated in the Festival.
The motto of the festival was "No! Our generation will not serve death and destruction!".
See also
* World Festival of Youth and Students
* World Federation of Democratic Youth
External links
* [http://www.chengetheworld.org/fr/index.php?op=page&pid=870 Chronology of World Festivals of Youth and Students]
* [http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi1997/current12/mi10.htm "1953. În Miez de Noapte Consiliul de Miniştri Pregăteşte Festivalul Mondial al Tineretului"] , by Ioan Lacusta
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