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Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1974 - 10 Pfennig


Theme: Calender
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1974
Face Value10.00 
Colorgreen
PerforationK 13 1/2: 13
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1653
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID192305
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Meritorious Personalities of the German Workers 'Movement The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues eight special postage stamps depicting meritorious personalities of the German workers' movement. Three more values ​​of this series appear in the III. No special first day cover. Meritorious personalities of the German labor movement FRITZ HECKERT was born on March 28, 1884 in Chemnitz, the son of a revolutionary working class family. As a young bricklayer, he joined the Social Democratic Party and the Construction Workers' Union at the age of eighteen, and held various union functions in the following years. Heckert, who became acquainted with Lenin's revolutionary views in Switzerland, belonged to the left in German Social Democracy. He resolutely opposed reformism in the trade unions and in the party as well as against the policy of aggression of German imperialism. As a close associate of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Pieck, he was one of the founders of the Spartacist group and the KPD and became one of their most prominent leaders. In the Central Committee of the KPD and as a member of the Politburo, he was one of Ernst Thälmann's closest collaborators and played a leading role in the development and enforcement of the KPD's trade union policy. Since the founding of the Red Trade Union International, he has been a member of its enforcement office. Heckert, who participated in almost all world congresses of the Communist International as representative of the KPD in Moscow and met Lenin several times, was a fervent friend of the Soviet Union and enjoyed a high reputation in the communist world movement. As a member of the Executive Committee and Presidium of the Communist International, he has for many years been responsible for tackling imperialism, fascism and war. He died on April 6, 1936 in Moscow and found his last resting place on the Kremlin wall.

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Meritorious Personalities of the German Workers 'Movement The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues eight special postage stamps depicting meritorious personalities of the German workers' movement. Three more values ​​of this series appear in the III. No special first day cover. Meritorious personalities of the German labor movement FRITZ HECKERT was born on March 28, 1884 in Chemnitz, the son of a revolutionary working class family. As a young bricklayer, he joined the Social Democratic Party and the Construction Workers' Union at the age of eighteen, and held various union functions in the following years. Heckert, who became acquainted with Lenin's revolutionary views in Switzerland, belonged to the left in German Social Democracy. He resolutely opposed reformism in the trade unions and in the party as well as against the policy of aggression of German imperialism. As a close associate of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Pieck, he was one of the founders of the Spartacist group and the KPD and became one of their most prominent leaders. In the Central Committee of the KPD and as a member of the Politburo, he was one of Ernst Thälmann's closest collaborators and played a leading role in the development and enforcement of the KPD's trade union policy. Since the founding of the Red Trade Union International, he has been a member of its enforcement office. Heckert, who participated in almost all world congresses of the Communist International as representative of the KPD in Moscow and met Lenin several times, was a fervent friend of the Soviet Union and enjoyed a high reputation in the communist world movement. As a member of the Executive Committee and Presidium of the Communist International, he has for many years been responsible for tackling imperialism, fascism and war. He died on April 6, 1936 in Moscow and found his last resting place on the Kremlin wall..