Established in Prague in 1922, the Central Union of Ukrainian Students ( TseSUS) was organized to act as a coordinating body between student organizations outside the Soviet Union and to represent Ukrainian students and their interests throughout the world. From 1922 to 1934, TseSUS headquarters were in Prague, and from 1934 to 1939 in Vienna. Membership included a number of national student unions based in Romania, Poland, Germany, as well as individual students' clubs abroad in other European countries, North America and Asia (Harbin). TseSUS was active in the international forum, informing non-Ukrainians about problems of Ukrainian students and about conditions in Ukraine in general under the different occupations. To maintain an effective relationship with non-Ukrainian organizations, TseSUS appointed representations in various countries. It participated in international student organizations, sent delegates to their conferences, collaborated with numerous national student unions, and published materials in foreign languages. The organization was a special member of the Confédération Internationale des Etudiants (later replaced by the International Union of Students), and a member of the aid organization the International Students' Service. TseSUS resumed its activities in Munich in 1946, and remained based there (except for a brief time when its head office was in Paris from 1952 to 1954) until its move to the United States. The early post-world war years were marked by resurgent organized student activity, with the union representing in 1947 at its peak 33 student organizations in ten countries with a total membership of nearly 3,000. The organization remained active until the early 1950s when many students living in Western Europe graduated and immigrated to North America.
From the guide to the Records, 1922-1961 (inclusive), 1945-1958 (bulk)., (Ukrainian Research Institute Library, Harvard University)
