that pretty much sums it up...but is not quite correct...Jungpionier at school from year 1 to year 3, Thaelmannpionier from year 4 to 7 and then FDJ from year 8 onwards (actual age for the FDJ was 14 years old to 25 years old). 
Cheers, Torsten.
PS: Andreas, btw, I was FDJ GOL Sekretaer at the POS and at my EOS (maybe you still remember what that was?) and I had to lead the FDJ Appell at school, and quite often we had combined Pionier and FDJ Appell and then I also had to shout the Seid Bereit! and for the FDJler it was Freundschaft!...but, I did have a microphone, so no problem there...
Cheers, Torsten.PS: Andreas, btw, I was FDJ GOL Sekretaer at the POS and at my EOS (maybe you still remember what that was?) and I had to lead the FDJ Appell at school, and quite often we had combined Pionier and FDJ Appell and then I also had to shout the Seid Bereit! and for the FDJler it was Freundschaft!...but, I did have a microphone, so no problem there...
Originally posted by Thälmannpionier
Hi
Here some Info about the Pioneer Organisation
Jungpioniere (Young Pioneers) was supposed to create a new generation of young Germans with the correct attitudes to the country, and to encourage group activity rather than individualism. It was the junior branch of the FDJ .The Membership of the Jungpioniere was not compulsory, but it was not easy to opt out, but I believe nobody really thought about,not to let your kid join the Jungpioniere , and around 98% of children belonged to it. From the age of 6 - 10(1st grade-4th grade in school) you were Jungpionier(blue bandana) and from the age of 10 - 16 (4th-6th) you became Thaelmannpionier(red bandana).
Name of Organisation: Pionierorganisation "Ernst-Thealmann" and was splitted in Youth Pioneers and Thaelmann Pioneers.
I remember each Monday in school you had to attend the "Fahnenapell" and you had to do the "Pioniergruss" when the Pionier leaders pulled up the JP Flag followed by 30min. singing some songs or someone read a poem or played guitar or was awarded a JP Badge.
Of Course you also had to do the "Pioniergruss"(I hope everybody has already seen what it looks like) when the Teacher came into the class room.
With the 4th grade in school you became a Thaelmannpionier and the red bandana
..in my case we were driven to Potsdam in the Cecilienhof and spend the whole day there.First we did get breakfast and afterwards they awarded us with the red bandanas and we played games and so on.
The weekly Pioneer Afternoons included educational and vocational opportunities, sports activities, and entertainment. The DDR subsidized young people’s theater, concerts, and movie tickets, and provided a large number of clubrooms, sport facilities, and youth travel opportunities.
Allaround it was a very good Organisation where your Kid was under supervision all the Time,had Fun and learned something for live..but of course in a bit of a different way and view..the socialism way & view
but then on the other hand, you really can see how actually similar it was to the TR time..thinking of HJ and BDM organisations..only as I said, the socialism way.
cheers
Andreas
Here some Info about the Pioneer Organisation
Jungpioniere (Young Pioneers) was supposed to create a new generation of young Germans with the correct attitudes to the country, and to encourage group activity rather than individualism. It was the junior branch of the FDJ .The Membership of the Jungpioniere was not compulsory, but it was not easy to opt out, but I believe nobody really thought about,not to let your kid join the Jungpioniere , and around 98% of children belonged to it. From the age of 6 - 10(1st grade-4th grade in school) you were Jungpionier(blue bandana) and from the age of 10 - 16 (4th-6th) you became Thaelmannpionier(red bandana).
Name of Organisation: Pionierorganisation "Ernst-Thealmann" and was splitted in Youth Pioneers and Thaelmann Pioneers.
I remember each Monday in school you had to attend the "Fahnenapell" and you had to do the "Pioniergruss" when the Pionier leaders pulled up the JP Flag followed by 30min. singing some songs or someone read a poem or played guitar or was awarded a JP Badge.
Of Course you also had to do the "Pioniergruss"(I hope everybody has already seen what it looks like) when the Teacher came into the class room.
With the 4th grade in school you became a Thaelmannpionier and the red bandana
..in my case we were driven to Potsdam in the Cecilienhof and spend the whole day there.First we did get breakfast and afterwards they awarded us with the red bandanas and we played games and so on.The weekly Pioneer Afternoons included educational and vocational opportunities, sports activities, and entertainment. The DDR subsidized young people’s theater, concerts, and movie tickets, and provided a large number of clubrooms, sport facilities, and youth travel opportunities.
Allaround it was a very good Organisation where your Kid was under supervision all the Time,had Fun and learned something for live..but of course in a bit of a different way and view..the socialism way & view
but then on the other hand, you really can see how actually similar it was to the TR time..thinking of HJ and BDM organisations..only as I said, the socialism way.cheers
Andreas
she always remembers things like that...Cheers, Torsten.
no idea, what's special about the Frankfurter Allee????....over to someone else... 
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