Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1984 - 10 Pfennig

Solidarity With a symbolic representation of solidarity, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a multicolored special postage stamp with surcharge. The sums collected will be given to the Solidarity Committee of the GDR. Special cancellation from 23rd October to 22nd December Solidarity The ties of friendship and solidarity of the German Democratic Republic with the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America are manifold and strong. Closely intertwined and entangled are the threads that inspired the artist to symbolic generalization. The red star above stands for the common cause of all: peace, freedom and national independence, human rights and dignity and the well-being of the people. The broad solidarity movement in the German Democratic Republic, which embraces all classes and strata, is committed to this end. It is supported by all social organizations and is one with state and government. The idea of ​​solidarity, sprung and nourished by humanistic, proletarian, antifascist, socialist traditions, is reflected in political commitment to the peoples fighting for or defending peace, freedom, national independence and social progress as well as in the stream of numerous donations the central solidarity account, whose trustee is the solidarity committee of the GDR. About half of the millions of marks received annually are provided by the GDR Solidarity Committee for vocational education and training and the study of young cadres from developing countries and liberation movements, such as the SWAPO of Namibia, the ANC of South Africa and the PLO. Investments for the future of these peoples and often the starting point for ongoing ties with the foreign friends in the training center, at work, in the dorm, even in the family. Our solidarity is also hidden under the knowledgeable and cautious hands of doctors and nurses treating, nurturing and healing wounds in GDR medical facilities that struck Israeli, South African, counterrevolutionary and imperialist bombs, shells and bullets in Lebanon, Angola, Nicaragua. If the associations are aware of these patriots of their peoples, victims of imperialist terror, then the colorful ribbons carry many colors, with which many children from distant regions played during happy holidays in our country together with their age companions from the GDR. Solidarity made it possible. Last but not least, solidarity and help are shown thanks to donations made by our people, the Orthopedic Technical Center in Vietnam, the National Printing House in Laos' capital Vientane, a vocational training center in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, etc. Nothing different is giving and taking the solidarity , The memories of solidarity with the citizens of the German Democratic Republic, which they or their fathers and mothers learned in the time of fascism and after the end of the war, in the years of rebuilding and rebuilding, are indelible. The disinterested hospitality for political emigrants, the piece of bread saved in the fascist concentration camps, the first warm meal of field lunches by the Soviet liberators, the first USSR tractors, and political solidarity that contributed to the worldwide diplomatic recognition of the GDR. Our solidarity is an alliance, is a fighting community that is shaped in the present time and situation by the demand for preservation and peace. Solidarity for life, solidarity with the danger of a nuclear inferno created by the most aggressive circles of imperialism. To emerge are the torches of war, which in the various regions of the earth to create these circles or willing. Solidarity strengthens resistance to imperialist world domination plans that threaten all peoples, impede them, and advance a freely chosen path of independence, freedom and social progress. This understanding is the basis of the solid solidarity of the socialist German Democratic Republic with the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America.