The Romanian Youth Labor (Munca Tineretului Român – MTR) was a

paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

movement present in

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during 1942-1944.

History

Having as an inspiration source the German

Reichsarbeitsdienst The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ...

(Reich Labour Service) organization (1934–1945), the Romanian political system ruled by gen.

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tried to avoid the Romanian youth to enroll in the

Iron Guard The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly ...

. The Law no. 425 from 15 May 1941 regulated the unemployed compulsoriness to work for civic use (for both the Romanians and Jews).Dan Grecu,
Detașamentele exterioare de muncă pentru evrei din județul Hunedoara (1941-1943)
', The Romanian Postal-History Being focused on the youth paramilitary training, Romanian Youth Labour aimed at educating its members in the spirit of the social labor and training them for building civil works: viaducts, aqueducts, tunnels, bridges and roads.prof. dr. Nicu Alexe și colectiv, ''Enciclopedia Educației Fizice și Sportului din România'',vol.II - {{ISBN, 973-85940-0-6, p.51, Editura Aramis, București, 2002 The organization headquarters was in Breaza, in the same building where the Military High School is placed today. The Commanders’ Center of Straja Ţării was also located there between 1937-1940. The center was coordinated by gen. Emil Pălăngeanu and lt. col. Ioan Dem. Dimăncescu. The organization ceased its activity after August 23, 1944 when Romania switched sides from the Axis to the Allies.

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Labor history Youth organizations based in Romania Fascism in Romania 1942 establishments in Romania

History

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