Young Workers' International
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Young Workers' International (in German
German language
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: Arbeiter-Jugend-Internationale, in French
French language
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: L'Internationale des Jeunesses Ouvrières) was an international union of socialist youth organizations. It was founded in at a conference in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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 May 12-May 13, 1921. It functioned as the youth wing of the remnants of the Second International. Its secretary was Erich Ollenhauer
Erich Ollenhauer
Erich Ollenhauer was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1952-1963.- Early political career and exile :...

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It published Die Arbeiter-Jugend-Internationale.

In 1923 it merged into the Socialist Youth International
Socialist Youth International
Socialist Youth International was an international union of socialist youth organisations. It was founded in Hamburg 1923, through the merger of the Young Workers' International and the International Community of Socialist Youth Organisations...

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