International Bureau of Revolutionary Youth Organizations (in

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: ''Internationales Büro Revolutionärer Jugendorganisationen'', in French: ''Bureau International des Organisations Révolutionnaires des Jeunes'') was an international organization of socialist youth, formed in 1934. It functioned as the youth wing of the

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. The founding congress was held in the

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, hosted by the Independent Socialist Party (OSP). However the congress was broken up by the Dutch police. Foreign delegates were deported, amongst them German delegates who were deported back to Germany. The congress was then re-convened in

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. The congress elected a Bureau (with one representative of each participating organization) and a Secretariat. The Secretariat had three members, one from the SAPD (

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), one from the

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( Heinz Epe) and one from the

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of Sweden. The IBRYO secretariat was headquartered in

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. The Bureau secretariat met in

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and Stockholm. Epe was headquartered in

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, Norway. IBRYO published ''Internationales Jugend-Bulletin''. In 1935 the

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s were expelled from the Bureau, as they had collectively embarked on

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into the major labour parties (which was contrary to the ambitions of IBRYO and the London Bureau to build a new international).

List of parties and organisations whose youth wings were part of the Bureau (incomplete list)

(Sweden) *

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(United States) (left in 1935) * Independent Socialist Party (

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