Slovakia BU 2019 Freedom and Democracy

Slovakia has issued a BU set with the theme 'The fight for freedom and democracy'. This struggle is also known as the Velvet Revolution. Communism was overthrown during the Velvet Revolution. In the old Czechoslovakia this went, relatively speaking, with little violence and without military intervention. The Velvet Revolution was the result of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of communism in Poland. On 17th November, 1989, during a memorial march for Jan Opletal, the struggle for freedom and democracy began. Three years later, on 1st January, 1993 Slovakia distanced itself from the Czech Republic and became an independent country where communism was a thing of the past. The Slovak population is very proud of their independence, which is why this set has been published with great pride and honour.