150th birthday of Karl Marx - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1968 - 10 Pfennig

150th Birthday of Karl Marx On the occasion of the 150th birthday of Karl Marx, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes three special postage stamps in se-tenant as a strip of three and a special postage stamp block. On the occasion of the 150th birthday of Karl Marx On May 5, 1968, the international working class and with it the entire progressive humanity celebrates the 150th birthday of Karl Marx. On every continent, in every country of the world, workers, peasants, scientists, hundreds of millions of people honor the great son of the German people, who unite the old dream of the working masses and progressive spirits of a society without exploitation, oppression and war scientifically based combat program. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic are on this occasion, three special postage stamps in the se-tenant and a special postage stamp block out. They show Karl Marx and those two works, through which his doctrine worked most strongly, the "Manifesto of the Communist Party" and "Das Kapital", First Volume, each with the title page of the first edition. This edition is supplemented with a special cancellation and a first day cover. The "Manifesto of the Communist Party", published in London at the end of February 1848, initiated the victory of Marxism around the globe 120 years ago. The little book, co-authored by Marx and Engels, went down in history as the birth certificate of scientific socialism, the unified, self-contained theory of dialectical and historical materialism, political economy and the doctrine of class struggle and socialism. Written as a party program of the Communist League, the Communist Manifesto documented at the same time what Marx and Engels saw as the purpose and goal of their theoretical work and endeavor: to give the working class clarity on the purpose and path of their struggle and to create a revolutionary party, which can lead him successfully. The deep founding gave Marx scientific socialism in his major work "Das Kapital", whose first volume appeared in mid-September 1867 in Hamburg. In it he revealed the economic laws that determine the formation and development and eventual demise of the capitalist social order. On this basis, Marx could irrefutably formulate the world-historical mission of the working class, to overthrow capitalism in cooperation with all working people, and to establish a new, socialist social order. Constantly criticized, falsified and slandered by the ideologues of the bourgeoisie, the works of Karl Marx are studied throughout the world today. 220 editions in 43 languages ​​are listed in a bibliography of "Capital". From the Communist Manifesto, a conscientious researcher ascertains 305 full-length and 229 longer extracts in extracts, as far back as 1918, and since then the distribution has increased so dramatically that it has not yet been completely recorded in any directory. The doctrine created by Karl Marx together with Friedrich Engels and further developed by W. I. Lenin found its practical confirmation by the Great Socialist October Revolution and has become the theoretical basis of the most powerful social movement in history and the essential element of the spiritual culture of humanity. It is in the Soviet Union and other socialist countries the prevailing worldview and guidance for the construction of socialism and communism; It allows the communist and workers' parties in the capitalist countries to lead the struggle against the state-monopoly power system, and in developing countries it increasingly influences the progressive forces. In the birthplace of Karl Marx, his ideas became reality in the German Democratic Republic. United under the banner of scientific socialism, the working class here, in alliance with all working people, was able to eliminate once and for all the corrupting rule of the squires, monopolists, and militarists resurrected in West Germany. In the creation of the socialist state of the German nation, the ideas of Marxism became the guideline of the practical action of the masses. The writings of Marx and Engels appeared since May 1945 in the territory of the GDR in 11 million copies. In single editions alone, the Communist Manifesto was distributed in 2,137,000 and the first volume of the "Capital" in 333,000 copies. As in the destruction of the foundations of socialism, Marx's doctrine now proves to be an inexhaustible source of knowledge also in the construction of the new order. In the year of the 150th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, the German Democratic Republic is adopting a constitution that makes the science of socialism a valid law and sets the framework for the universal design of socialist society in which, as in the Communist Manifesto meant - "the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."