Invincible Vietnam - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1973 - 10 Pfennig

Solidarity with Vietnam For solidarity with Vietnam, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued a multicolored special postage stamp with surcharge. The amount collected will be transferred to the Vietnam Committee of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee of the German Democratic Republic. Solidarity with Vietnam After the historic victory of the Vietnamese people in the fight against the American aggressor, documented by the agreement signed in Paris on January 27, 1973, to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam, a new phase of anti-imperialist solidarity began with the Brother people in Southeast Asia. It is characterized by the continuous and at the same time intensified continuation of coordinated action by the peoples of the socialist community who, together with the Soviet Union, make every effort to consolidate the peace won by the victims, to support in a broad way the further socialist construction in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam's patriotic forces in effectively enforcing the Paris Agreement. The Vietnam solidarity of our republic, which corresponds to the jointly coordinated aid program of the socialist community of states and has the main purpose of supporting the construction of the completely destroyed city of Vinh at the 18th latitude, takes place under the slogan "solidarity now a fortiori". A fraternal combat slogan that spontaneously expresses the joy of our people over the victory of the Vietnamese people and expresses their determination to act in accordance with the principles of proletarian internationalism. This is due to the fact that the new special postage stamp in the series of Vietnam special stamps of the German Democratic Republic carries the inscription "Solidarity with Vietnam". This proclaims the intention to contribute, together with the citizens of the republic, another political, moral and ultimately material contribution to overcoming the consequences of the war in Vietnam. From the proceeds of special postage stamps published so far (published annually since 1966), the Vietnam Committee of the German Democratic Republic has already made available 2.5 million marks to provide necessary aid for Vietnamese education and health care and to support farmers and craftsmen become. This time the artist faced the difficult task of creating a special postage stamp symbolically fulfilling the requirements of contemporary solidarity: peace is fought, nor are the wounds of the barbaric US war of aggression scarred, but the development of a flourishing society, the further socialist construction in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam compel a restless creative act, constant active solidarity. The present motive convinces. It proves how empathetic the graphic designer has done his job. A Vietnamese children's face reflects the Sun of Peace, under which the far-reaching construction plans of the country will thrive. It's a serious kid's face that looks at us. American bombers, learning in the school bunker underground, painful separation of parents and siblings, sacrifices in the family, although love and care by the neighbors, society, but a life under the sun of youth know our little brother, our little sister not in Southeast Asia, because the sun of peace, remained darkened for too long. Unforgettable crimes of the USA aggressors. And from the eyes of the child speaks the request, the admonition: be watchful, be vigilant with us, so that the beautiful construction of a happy life for all future succeeds ... Thus expresses the new postage stamp GDR, that also the current stage The Vietnam solidarity wants to be understood as a unity of political fight solidarity and concrete material assistance. In this sense, the population of the German Democratic Republic fulfills its internationalist duty on the side of the Soviet Union, in the socialist community, so that the prophetic words of the great patriot and internationalist Ho Chi Minh may become reality: "Our rivers, our mountains, ours People will withstand and after the victory we will rebuild our country even more beautifully. "