Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1987 - 35 Pfennig

Budapest International Reminder and Memorial, UVR The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a multicolored postage stamp with a picture from the International Remembrance and Memorial Center in Budapest. Special cancellation from 8th September to 7th November 1987 Budapest International Remembrance and Memorial Center The chestnut park of the 12th district of Budapest, the capital of the Hungarian People's Republic, became an impressive reminder on 13th February 1985 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation from fascism The Monument to the Heroes of the Fight against Fascism and the Victims of Fascism. "To the site of admonition and commemoration, wide steps descend, and in front of an oversized wall of squared-off buildings rises the bronze figure (4: 2) In her left hand she gently holds a flaming candle, in the right branches of pussy willow, the burning candle symbolizing at the same time a tribute to the heroes of the Hungarian people fallen in the fight against fascism the first messengers of spring are to indicate hope, the hope for a new beginning and a new beginning Future: The Hungarian sculptor József Somogyi - the 5 m high and 18 m wide protective and reflective wall designed by the architect József Finta - explained to the statement of his female figure: "I would, if this work becomes a memento of me, that the viewer, standing in front of the sculpture, remembering his immediate or distant deceased relatives. It would be good not to see on the pedestal a multitude of wreaths blooming for only two days, I would prefer it if there were always one or two candles burning there, because they would prove that remembering is not a matter of opportunity but the soul. Who remembers, sees the present and is able to look into the future. Anyone who can remember, he is a man, and wants to keep a human face in the future. "Every year on 4 April, since the liberation in 1945 by the Soviet Army and the Hungarian resistance fighters National Day, commemorates the Hungarian people at tombs and memorials of the 600,000 Hungarians who have lost their lives in the long, victim-rich struggle against fascism, including communists, participants in the resistance movement, deported by the fascists - men, women and children - all of them, the heroes of the struggle against fascism and the victims is dedicated to the memorial and memorial, which found its place near the new congress building in the Buda district.