''Komtsukunft'' ( yi, קאָמצוקונפֿט, pl, Komunistyczna Organizacja Młodzieży Cukunft) was a
Jew
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ish
communist youth organization in
Poland
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in the early 1920s. It was the youth wing of the
Jewish Communist Labour Bund in Poland.
The organization was a splinter group of the
Bundist Tsukunft movement. The split occurred in late 1921, as Tskunft had withdrawn its application for membership of the
Communist Youth International.
''Komtsukunft'' was founded on February 2, 1922, and had about 3,000 members.
[Cimek, Henryk. ]
Jews in the Polish Communist Movement (1918–1937)
' By March 1922 ''Komtsukunft'' was estimated to have 3,500 members, organized in nine district organizations and 65 local units.
The organization had its largest branch in
Warsaw
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, with some 700 members.
[ The Warsaw Committee of ''Komtsukunft'' was made up by Kh. Kaplan, Mendl Skrobek, Itsik Kovner, Benyomin ("Yanek") Goldflam, Gitele Rapoport, Aleksander Zatorski, Hershl Goldfinger, Yankele Bibleyzer, Adek Likhtenboym, Efrayim Pinkert and Haline Fefer. Other significant ''Komtsukunft'' organizations were those of Warsaw suburbs, ]Łódź
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, Siedlce
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, Radom
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, Kraków
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, Lublin, Łomża
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and Białystok.[
''Komtsukunft'' affiliated itself with the Communist Youth International, becoming recognized as a section of the international youth movement.]
Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland
'. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 2009. pp. 9-10
References
Jewish anti-Zionism in Poland
Youth wings of communist parties
Youth wings of political parties in Poland
Bundism in Europe
Jewish youth organizations
Jewish communist movements
Youth organizations established in 1921
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