50. Jahrestag: Die X. Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten in Berlin, DDR
In July 1973, exactly 50 years ago, the 10th edition of the World Festival began in Berlin, the capital of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 28 July to 5 August, 8 million participants, including 25,600 guests from 140 countries, took part in a broad programme of over 200 political and 1,000 cultural events under the slogan “For anti-imperialist Solidarity, Peace, and Friendship”.