40th anniversary - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1985 - 25 Pfennig

40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Fascism On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of fascism, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued four multi-colored special postage stamps and one block. Special cancellation from 7 May to 6 July 1985 40th anniversary of the victory over Hitler's fascism and the liberation of the German people On May 8, 1945, representatives of the High Command of the Hitler Defense in Berlin-Karlshorst signed the unconditional surrender. The people of the GDR pay tribute to this day together with all those who stand for peace, international understanding, social progress and humanity, as the day of the victory of the Soviet Union and the other forces of the anti-Hitler coalition over Hitler's fascism and the liberation of the German people from Nazi rule. "The liberation act of the Soviet Union," it says in the appeal of the Central Committee of the SED, the State Council, the Council of Ministers and the National Council of the National Front of the GDR, "opened our people the chance of an anti-fascist, democratic, and socialist new beginning." The issue of special postage stamps documents that the opportunity for a new start has been used on the territory of the German Democratic Republic. Drawing lessons from the struggle of the German workers' movement, the KPD and SPD united in April 1946 to form the SED. The Marxist-Leninist party, acting in alliance with all other anti-fascist-democratic forces, provided the pledge for all successfully carried out social upheavals. On the basis of the Potsdam Agreement, fascism and militarism were eradicated with their imperialist roots. In one part of Germany, the anti-fascist oath of May 1945 was fulfilled, so that German soil should never again go out of war. May 8, 1945, therefore, also wants to be understood as a reminder to exhaust all possibilities for securing peace in the present. In this sense, the working people of the GDR, above all with their work, strengthen their socialist republic, which is a state of antifascism and peace. Since May 8, 1945, profound socioeconomic changes have taken place in agriculture, fundamentally changing the lives of working peasants. The motive of the value to 25 Pfennig makes these changes clear. The land reform begun in 1945 broke up the junker landownership. The soil, which was distributed to farmers and former agricultural workers, enabled them to live as free farmers on their own soil. But only the formation of agricultural production cooperatives in the 1950s offered the working peasants the opportunity to cultivate land more effectively and productively with the aid of modern open-plan technology. This changed the meaning and content of life for her. The result was the class of cooperative farmers, who, as loyal allies of the working class alongside the other working classes, are actively involved in the construction of socialism.