Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation

The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation (German: Pionierorganisation Ernst Thälmann) was a youth organisation in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1948 to 1990. It was a subdivision of the Free German Youth (FDJ) for schoolchildren aged 6 to 13 consisting of the Young Pioneers (Jungpioniere) and the Thälmann Pioneers (Thälmann-Pioniere).