Young Union ca.1953-ca.1970 (Christian Democratic Union, Germany)

Junge Union, JU

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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both by Marcus Schmöger

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See also:

• Historical Flag 1953-c.1970 (Christian Democratic Union, CDU)
• Political Parties (Germany)
• Germany

The youth organization of the CDU (and the CSU) is the JU (Junge Union, Young Union). In Bavaria it is called Junge Union Bayern. The JU used a flag derived from the then CDU flag, namely on a black background a red cross fimbriated yellow (inside) and red (outside), on the cross a yellow eagle with a shield on the breast; the shield being red with a yellow-fimbriated black cross. This flag probably came out of use in the 1960's or early 1970's. I do not have information yet about current JU flags.

It was a bit difficult to draw an image of the flag, as my main source (Rabbow 1965) shows a rather vague sketch of the eagle. So I made two variants hoping one of them is nearly correct:

• The first shows the same eagle as the CDU flag (image from Rabbow 1970).
• The second shows the eagle as it was used on the JU arms, for instance on an election poster in 1957 (from 50 Jahre Junge Union Bayern).

Sources:

• Rabbow 1965
• Rabbow 1970
• Junge Union Bayern, 50 Jahre Junge Union Bayern — Zukunft einer Volkspartei, ATWERB-Verlag, Grünwald 1987.

Marcus Schmöger, 6 October 2001