| 10th World Festival of Youth and Students | |
| Dates: | 28 July – 5 August 1973 |
| Motto: | For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship |
| Participants: | 8 million (25,600 guests from 140 countries) |
| Follows: | 9th World Festival of Youth and Students |
| Precedes: | 11th World Festival of Youth and Students |
The 10th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held from 28 July to 5 August 1973 in East Berlin, the capital of East Germany. The festival, organised by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) was previously hosted in East Berlin in 1951. Around 8 million visitors and 25,600 guests from 140 countries attended, under the motto, "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship".[1]
Notable attendees of the festival included Communist Party USA member and activist Angela Davis, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.[2] The Communist Party of Turkey also sent a notably higher delegation to the event compared to previous years.[3] It was followed by the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students, hosted in Havana, Cuba in July to August 1978.