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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 
Colorblue
PerforationK 13 1/2: 13
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1651
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID37110
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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 PAUL MERKER was born on February 1, 1894, the son of a working-class family in Oberloessnitz near Dresden. Through the union and the USPD in 1920 he came to the KPD, in which he worked mainly in trade union territory. From 1926 to 1946 he belonged to the Central Committee and the Politburo of the KPD, he was one of the closest combat companions of Ernst Thalmann and Wilhelm Pieck. In the fight against the Hitler fascism he proved himself to responsible posts in the illegal national leadership of the KPD, in the foreign secretariat of the central committee and as secretary of the Latin American committee of the movement "free Germany". Returning to Berlin in 1946, Paul Merker was a member of the party executive committee from the founding of the SED until 1950 and was a member of the Central Secretariat and the Politburo. He has made significant contributions to the implementation of the agricultural, trade union and social policies of the SED. From the founding of the GDR until 1950, he was also Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In recent years he worked successfully for the consolidation and development of German-Soviet friendship. The meritorious revolutionary, honored by party and state with high honors, died on 13 May 1969 in Eichwalde near Berlin. HERMANN DUNCKER was born on May 24, 1874 in Hamburg, the son of a merchant. At 19, he joined the Social Democratic Party. Impressed by the writings of Marx and Engels and in close contact with the workers' movement, he studied economics, philosophy and history in Leipzig. Duncker consistently sided with the German left. As a personal friend of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring and Wilhelm Pieck he led with them the fight against revisionism in the labor movement and the imperialist war. He is one of the co-founders of the group Internationale and of the KPD and was one of the first to refer to Lenin and Leninism. More than 50 years of his life, Hermann Duncker has worked as an outstanding connoisseur of the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin, as a teacher, propagandist and journalist of Marxism-Leninism in the German workers' movement. Many thousands of fighters against exploitation and oppression, against militarism and war, for peace and socialism have been raised by him. After his return from exile in 1947, in which he had been driven by fascism, he contributed by his work as dean at the University of Rostock and from 1949 as director of the Federal School of the FDGB significantly to the founding and consolidation of the GDR. Highly honored by party and government, Hermann Duncker died on June 22, 1960 in Bernau near Berlin. 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. OTTO GROTEWOHL was born on March 11, 1894, the son of a working-class family in Braunschweig. As a 15-year-old book printer apprentice, he joined the ranks of the Socialist Workers Youth in Braunschweig. In 1912 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany. At the age of 27, he was the youngest minister in the Weimar Republic in the Brunswick Parliament. In the time of fascism, he was subjected to persecution and charged with treason. After the liberation of the German people, his political activity was directed towards the production of the unity of the working class. His struggle in the German labor movement is inextricably linked to the founding of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, whose chairman he was with Wilhelm Pieck until 1954. His work "Thirty Years Later" is an example of settling with opportunism. In his important speech "Anvil or Hammer", on the occasion of the FDJ's celebration of Goethe in March 1947, he called on the youth to take sides, which he characterized as a test of the development of personality. On October 12, 1949, a few days after the foundation of the GDR, Grotewohl was elected prime minister of the first workers and peasants state on German soil. As an upright friend of the Soviet Union, he campaigned incessantly for the all-round consolidation of the GDR. On September 21, 1964, the outstanding statesman and proletarian internationalist Otto Grotewohl died in Berlin. WILHELM FLORIN was born on March 16, 1894 in Kölln-Poll, the son of a Catholic tailor. As a tenant and Stemmer active, he joined in 1908 to the socialist youth movement. His political main field of activity was until 1923 in the Cologne shipyards, where he first worked as an official of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, from 1920 the Communist Party of Germany and the trade unions. Since 1921 a member of the Central Committee of the KPD and as a member of the Reichstag, he was at the forefront of decisive political and social struggles of the working class, especially in the Rhine-Ruhr area. In 1931 he was elected as a candidate, later elected a member of the presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, he enjoyed a high reputation in the ranks of the international communist movement. After the establishment of the fascist dictatorship he led together with F. Dahlem, W. Pieck, W. Ulbricht u.a. From Paris, Prague and Moscow, the organization of the illegal anti-fascist struggle in Germany. He made exemplary in the field of anti-fascist propaganda. Wilhelm Florin was co-founder of the National Committee "Free Germany" and member of the Workers' Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, which prepared measures for the democratic transformation of Germany. He died on July 5, 1944 in Moscow. His urn has its place of honor since 1955 in the memorial of the socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. GEORG HANDKE was born on April 22, 1894 in Hanau (Main), the son of a locksmith. The political development of the trained industrial and banker led through the revolutionary workers' youth and the USPD to the KPD, which he belonged to since its foundation. During the Weimar Republic, Georg Handke was mainly editor in chief of communist Tageszeitu

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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 PAUL MERKER was born on February 1, 1894, the son of a working-class family in Oberloessnitz near Dresden. Through the union and the USPD in 1920 he came to the KPD, in which he worked mainly in trade union territory. From 1926 to 1946 he belonged to the Central Committee and the Politburo of the KPD, he was one of the closest combat companions of Ernst Thalmann and Wilhelm Pieck. In the fight against the Hitler fascism he proved himself to responsible posts in the illegal national leadership of the KPD, in the foreign secretariat of the central committee and as secretary of the Latin American committee of the movement "free Germany". Returning to Berlin in 1946, Paul Merker was a member of the party executive committee from the founding of the SED until 1950 and was a member of the Central Secretariat and the Politburo. He has made significant contributions to the implementation of the agricultural, trade union and social policies of the SED. From the founding of the GDR until 1950, he was also Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In recent years he worked successfully for the consolidation and development of German-Soviet friendship. The meritorious revolutionary, honored by party and state with high honors, died on 13 May 1969 in Eichwalde near Berlin. HERMANN DUNCKER was born on May 24, 1874 in Hamburg, the son of a merchant. At 19, he joined the Social Democratic Party. Impressed by the writings of Marx and Engels and in close contact with the workers' movement, he studied economics, philosophy and history in Leipzig. Duncker consistently sided with the German left. As a personal friend of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring and Wilhelm Pieck he led with them the fight against revisionism in the labor movement and the imperialist war. He is one of the co-founders of the group Internationale and of the KPD and was one of the first to refer to Lenin and Leninism. More than 50 years of his life, Hermann Duncker has worked as an outstanding connoisseur of the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin, as a teacher, propagandist and journalist of Marxism-Leninism in the German workers' movement. Many thousands of fighters against exploitation and oppression, against militarism and war, for peace and socialism have been raised by him. After his return from exile in 1947, in which he had been driven by fascism, he contributed by his work as dean at the University of Rostock and from 1949 as director of the Federal School of the FDGB significantly to the founding and consolidation of the GDR. Highly honored by party and government, Hermann Duncker died on June 22, 1960 in Bernau near Berlin. 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. OTTO GROTEWOHL was born on March 11, 1894, the son of a working-class family in Braunschweig. As a 15-year-old book printer apprentice, he joined the ranks of the Socialist Workers Youth in Braunschweig. In 1912 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany. At the age of 27, he was the youngest minister in the Weimar Republic in the Brunswick Parliament. In the time of fascism, he was subjected to persecution and charged with treason. After the liberation of the German people, his political activity was directed towards the production of the unity of the working class. His struggle in the German labor movement is inextricably linked to the founding of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, whose chairman he was with Wilhelm Pieck until 1954. His work "Thirty Years Later" is an example of settling with opportunism. In his important speech "Anvil or Hammer", on the occasion of the FDJ's celebration of Goethe in March 1947, he called on the youth to take sides, which he characterized as a test of the development of personality. On October 12, 1949, a few days after the foundation of the GDR, Grotewohl was elected prime minister of the first workers and peasants state on German soil. As an upright friend of the Soviet Union, he campaigned incessantly for the all-round consolidation of the GDR. On September 21, 1964, the outstanding statesman and proletarian internationalist Otto Grotewohl died in Berlin. WILHELM FLORIN was born on March 16, 1894 in Kölln-Poll, the son of a Catholic tailor. As a tenant and Stemmer active, he joined in 1908 to the socialist youth movement. His political main field of activity was until 1923 in the Cologne shipyards, where he first worked as an official of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, from 1920 the Communist Party of Germany and the trade unions. Since 1921 a member of the Central Committee of the KPD and as a member of the Reichstag, he was at the forefront of decisive political and social struggles of the working class, especially in the Rhine-Ruhr area. In 1931 he was elected as a candidate, later elected a member of the presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, he enjoyed a high reputation in the ranks of the international communist movement. After the establishment of the fascist dictatorship he led together with F. Dahlem, W. Pieck, W. Ulbricht u.a. From Paris, Prague and Moscow, the organization of the illegal anti-fascist struggle in Germany. He made exemplary in the field of anti-fascist propaganda. Wilhelm Florin was co-founder of the National Committee "Free Germany" and member of the Workers' Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, which prepared measures for the democratic transformation of Germany. He died on July 5, 1944 in Moscow. His urn has its place of honor since 1955 in the memorial of the socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. GEORG HANDKE was born on April 22, 1894 in Hanau (Main), the son of a locksmith. The political development of the trained industrial and banker led through the revolutionary workers' youth and the USPD to the KPD, which he belonged to since its foundation. During the Weimar Republic, Georg Handke was mainly editor in chief of communist Tageszeitu.