Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1981 - 35 Pfennig

Memorial to the anti-fascist resistance fighters in Sassnitz With the depiction of the memorial of the anti-fascist resistance fighters in Saßnitz, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a multicolored postage stamp. Special cancellation from September 8 to November 7, 1981 Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and the Liberation of the Red Army in Sassnitz On September 9, 1973, the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Fascist Terror and the Day of Struggle against Fascism and Imperialist War, the by Reinhard Schmidt created 6 m high stele in the Karl-Marx-Straße, opposite the town hall, passed to their destination. It bears on three sides three concrete reliefs each. On the reverse front, viewed from below, pictorial scenes depict the liberation of the enslaved humanity from exploitation and oppression, which began with the Great Socialist October Revolution. The power and morality of the socialist man could not be broken by the night of fascism. The focus of the front is the liberation of the German people by the sons of Red October. With this victory began a new chapter in the history of the German people. This memorial also commemorates the antifascists Hermann Bebert and Paul Möller, who were murdered in May 1945 by the fascists behind.