Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht, (, abbreviated SJV-KL), initially known as the Free German Youth of West Berlin (, abbreviated FDJW), was a youth organization in West Berlin during the Cold War. It was the youth organization of Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin (SEW). It was named after the revolutionary leader Karl Liebknecht.
Free German Youth of West Berlin
The Free German Youth (FDJ) organization in Berlin was legalized by the Allied occupation authorities in October 1947, along with three other youth organizations. Until 1961 FDJ branches in West Berlin were part of the all-Berlin organization of FDJ. By 1948 FDJ had 657 members in West Berlin, but by 1954 the membership numbers had been halved. The peak of the campaign was the holding of a musical festival ('Atze-Fest '76') at Lützowplatz June 12–13, 1976, with performances from Puhdys, Dean Reed, and others. SJV-KL was a democratic mass organization, organizing cultural and sporting activities. The organization published the monthly magazine Signal. By 1989 SJV-KL had some 200 members.