Invincible Vietnam - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1968 - 10 Pfennig

Invincible Vietnam, 2nd Edition To support the struggle for freedom of the Vietnamese people, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a commemorative stamp with a supplement. The amount raised will be made available to the Vietnam Committee of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee in the German Democratic Republic. Invincible Vietnam Solidarity with the Vietnamese people permeates the entire social life of the German Democratic Republic. In the variety of evidence of solidary sympathy for the just fight Vietnam also special Postwertzeichen gained great importance. Their statement and their design, but above all their helpful purpose caused many citizens to acquire the stamps already issued by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the GDR. The first two postage stamps with a supplement yielded a special amount of over 250,000 marks. The sum was given to the Vietnam Solidarity Committee to send medicines and other much needed supplies to Vietnam using the amount. At the same time, the artistically designed confession of brotherly attachment to the Vietnamese people through the stamps makes possible a useful action for practical help. Now the third special postage stamp, supplemented by a special cancellation, is published on the same topic. Even the enemies of this brave, small nation in Southeast Asia can not help admitting what is the motto to read there: Invincible Vietnam. What a deep, exciting truth. In the chosen representation she touches us with emotional power. The mother-child motive is not only meant to be the tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the women and mothers of Vietnam. It may be understood as a symbol of the will to freedom and the belief in the future of the whole people. At the beginning of 1968, the author of these lines had the opportunity to visit the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He met many Vietnamese women - in Hanoi, Haiphong and other parts of the country. They work under difficult conditions, defending their hard-hit homeland and protectively spreading their love and their own lives through the bomb and napalm-threatened children. There is no word of complaint about her lips. You know, the invincible Vietnam of today will be theirs for children the Vietnam of freedom and independence, Vietnam of joy and always glad heart. It may be remembered in this connection to a word from Ho chi Minh. He spoke as the aggression of rich, rich America brought death and ruin upon the children of our brotherly people. Ho chi Minh said: When a soldier falls, we mourn for him. But we do not forget that he did his duty when he lost his life fighting for his people. But if we lose a child through the war, then our grief for this child is infinite ... And in our hearts hatred burns like flames, because the lives of children are the happiness of our day because it is the future of our people. This attitude of high humanity has also considered the new postage stamp in its artistic design. We will be sure to give practical help to many of Vietnam's children. And that is his greatest concern, because it commits to a humanistic, solidary act.