150th birthday of Friedrich Engels - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1970 - 10 Pfennig

150th Birthday of Friedrich Engels On the occasion of the 150th birthday of Friedrich Engels, the Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues three special postage stamps. Friedrich Engels On November 28, 1970, progressive humanity commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birthday of Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx's closest comrade-in-arms and friend, co-founder of scientific communism and an outstanding leader of the German and international labor movement. Friedrich Engels made a great independent contribution to the establishment and development of the scientific world view of the working class and participated in the elaboration of all elements of Marxist theory. At the same time, it embodies the unity of the scientist and the revolutionary, the unity of theory and practice. Throughout his life he devoted himself to the task of empowering the working class to realize its historic mission through a scientific theory and a revolutionary party fighting on its foundation. On the side of Karl Marx, Engels created in the League of Communists the first international proletarian party, he fought in the I. International for the unification of the various streams of the working-class movement in a unified international mass organization. Engels participated in the formation of revolutionary workers' parties in several countries, both directly and indirectly, and his untiring work was due to the fact that the merger of the socialist parties in the Second International took place on a Marxist basis. After Marx's death, Engels was the most wanted advisor and assistant to the international labor movement. Workers' leaders from all countries drew from the rich treasury of insights and experiences of the ancient angel for the fight against exploitation, oppression and the threat of war, for peace, democracy and social progress. Friedrich Engels' life's work is in the midst of the conflicts of our time. Since the days of the Great Socialist October Revolution, what the seventy-three-year-old angel wrote with the assurance of victory has come true: "The dawn of a new and better society is shining brightly for the oppressed classes of all countries, and everywhere the oppressed close their ranks, everywhere they pass the borders, the hand across the different languages, the army of the international proletariat is formed, and the approaching century will bring it to victory. " The working people of the GDR are proud to have initiated the era of socialism under the leadership of the party of the working class in the birthplace of Friedrich Engels, and to have translated his revolutionary ideas into social reality. Honoring Friedrich Engels for us, building on his living heritage, is actively and creatively shaping the developed social system of socialism and thereby contributing to the universal strengthening of the GDR and socialism on a world scale. 10 Pfennig value: Friedrich Engels - teachers and leaders of the working class One of the greatest achievements of Marx and Engels is the discovery and justification of the historical mission of the working class to be the gravediggers of capitalism and the creator of socialist society. Engels, in his early work "The Condition of the Working Class in England", was the first to publicly address the crucial historical task of uniting the organized labor movement with scientific communism, which alone can point the way to its struggle. This union is embodied in the revolutionary party of the working class. The demonstration of the world-changing role of the proletariat by Marx and Engels therefore implied the recognition that the working class has its historical mission only under the leadership of an independent revolutionary class party equipped with the Marxist world view and a strategy and tactic based on a scientific program. can fulfill. All the experiences of the class struggle fully confirm the correctness of Engels's legacy: "In order for the proletariat to be strong enough to win on the day of the decision, it is necessary - and Marx and I have represented this since 1847 - that it forms a special party. separate from and opposite to all others, a self-confident class party. "