3rd World Festival of Youth and Students
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The Third World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held in 1951, in East Berlin
, East Germany.
The third WFYS was held in a period of growing international tension between the Soviet Union
and the western powers; it took place against the background of the Korean War
and the spread of communism in Central Europe
and China
. The festival was meant to showcase the young German Democratic Republic
, formed in the Soviet sector of postwar Germany.
The motto of the festival was: For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons.
People from west was obstructed from travelling to the festival by West German police and American military. Some of them where shoot at, when trying to cross the border.
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
, East Germany.
The third WFYS was held in a period of growing international tension between the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and the western powers; it took place against the background of the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
and the spread of communism in Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. The festival was meant to showcase the young German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, formed in the Soviet sector of postwar Germany.
The motto of the festival was: For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons.
People from west was obstructed from travelling to the festival by West German police and American military. Some of them where shoot at, when trying to cross the border.