Mocidade Portuguesa

Portuguese Youth
Mocidade Portuguesa
Formation1936
Dissolved1974
TypeYouth organisation
Legal statusDefunct
Region served
Portugal
Parent organization
National Union

The Mocidade Portuguesa (Portuguese pronunciation: [musiˈðaðɨ puɾtuˈɣezɐ], English: Portuguese Youth) was a Portuguese youth organisation founded in 1936 (dissolved in 1974) under the authoritarian regime of Prime Minister Salazar's Estado Novo. Membership was compulsory between the ages of 7 and 14, and voluntary until the age of 25. A documentary film made in 1939 gives an insight into its activities, attitudes and values.

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