Stein Collectors International
 
~ Nicht betteln nicht bitten ~
 
This relief stein has the socialist mottos "Das Banner der Humanität" (The banner of humanity) together with "Wahrheit, Freiheit, Glieichheit, Brüderlichkeit" (Truth, Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood) and busts of the founders of the "Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands" (Social Democratic Party of Germany), Heinrich Meister, Paul Singer, Wilhelm Liebknecht, August Bebel, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, and Ferdinand Lassalle. This organization was founded in 1863 and became an official political party of the German Parliament in 1875, but was outlawed by Hitler from 1933 to 1945 and then resurrected after WW II.
 
Nicht betteln nicht bitten
nur muthig gestritten.
Nicht kampft es sich schlecht
für Freiheit und Recht.

Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch.
Don't beg, don't pray
only courageously dispute.
Don't fight poorly
for freedom and right.

Proletariat of all lands unite.
 
 
Translation: Roy De Selms
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