Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū; * 14. November 1889 in Allahabad; † 27. Mai 1964 in Neu-Delhi) war ein indischer Politiker, Widerstandskämpfer und von 1947 bis 1964 erster Ministerpräsident Indiens.
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Christiane Lili Grautoff (* 5. April 1917 in Berlin; † 27. August 1974 in Mexiko-Stadt) war eine deutsche Schauspielerin und die Ehefrau des expressionistischen Schriftstellers Ernst Toller.
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: इंदिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गांधी Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; * 19. November 1917 als Indira Priyadarshini Nehru in Allahabad; † 31. Oktober 1984 in Neu-Delhi) war eine indische Politikerin, die von 1966 bis 1977 und erneut von 1980 bis 1984 Premierministerin Indiens amtierte.
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Adolf Hitler (* 20. April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Österreich-Ungarn; † 30. April 1945 in Berlin) war von 1933 bis 1945 Reichskanzler und Diktator des Deutschen Reiches.
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Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū; * 14. November 1889 in Allahabad; † 27. Mai 1964 in Neu-Delhi) war ein indischer Politiker, Widerstandskämpfer und von 1947 bis 1964 erster Ministerpräsident Indiens.
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Ernst Toller (*1. Dezember 1893 in Samotschin, Provinz Posen; gestorben am 22. Mai 1939 in New York City, New York) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Politiker und linkssozialistischer Revolutionär.
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#1439 Brief an Jawaharlal Nehru
| Datierung | 1936-07-21 |
| Absendeort | London, Großbritannien |
| Verfasser | Toller, Ernst |
| Beschreibung | Brief, 3 S., T |
| Provenienz | Nehru Memorial Library, New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru’s Personal Papers, Akten-Nr. 100 |
| Briefkopf | - |
| Publikationsort | D1: A Bunch of Old Letters. Written mostly to Jawaharlal Nehru and some written by him. Bombay u. a.: Asia Publishing House 1958, S. 198f. D2: Wolfgang Schwarz, Horst Schliewen (Hrsg.): Indien - Europa, zwei Welten in Briefen. Witten, Berlin: Eckart-Verl. 1961, S. 100–102 [Der Brief ist in einer deutschen Übersetzung abgedruckt.]. D3: Joachim Oesterheld (Hrsg.): Jawaharlal Nehru. Ernst Toller. Documents of a Friendship 1927–1939. With reminiscences by Mulk Raj Ånand. Halle u. a.: Mitteldeutscher Verl. 1989. S. 100–103 [Der Brief ist im englischen Original sowie in einer deutscher Übersetzung abgedruckt.]. |
| Poststelle | - |
| Personen |
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Grautoff, Christiane Gandhi, Indira Hitler, Adolf Nehru, Jawaharlal Toller, Ernst |
| Institutionen |
The Bodley Head (John Lane)
Völkerbund House of Lords |
| Werke |
Nie wieder Friede!
Hitler, the Promise and the Reality Sind wir verantwortlich für unsere Zeit? The Modern Theatre |
Ernst Toller
c. o. John Lane
9, Galen Place
Burystreet
London W.C.1.
21.7.36.
My dear Nehru,
thank you so much for your letter.
I too am proud that our names were so often linked together in the reviews of the last weeks. When I read your book which is one of the finest autobiographies I have ever seen and which gives witness not only of a great personality but of the admirable struggle of your people to free itself from external and internal bondages I felt so often the bonds between us. I often think the people who have been in prison form an invisible brotherhood based on suffering and on the greater imagination of heart which the prison develops.
Mrs. Toller and I are waiting so much to get news from your daughter Indira. We would be delighted if she came to see us.
Mrs. Toller has played some weeks ago in a new play of mine “No more peace” and had a great success. It is probable that she will act in winter in London. End of September I am going to America where I will lecture on different subjects as: “Hitler, promise and reality”
“Are you responsible for your time?”
“The modern theatre”.
I need not write to you on the European situation. You know it as well as I do. The inner weakness of the League of Nations is more and more revealed and is exploited by the fascist dictators. The final fight between the fascist and the democratic blocks in Europe will be inevitable. The only problem is whether the democracies will unite with a clear program and a strong will. If not, they will bring about the very thing they want to avoid: war in the near future. Unfortunately nobody learns from history. The German democracy was weak too and tried to avoid civil war by making one concession after the other to Hitler. So they have prepared their own downfall.
I have read with great interest your article. I quite agree with what you say on the Jewish problem in Palestine. There are two dangers: the Jewish nationalists who forget over their nationalism the ideas of our time which are greater than nationalism and the Arab nationalists who, poisoned by fascist propaganda become blind to the greater problem.
Your book rouses the greatest interest in this country, even in your adversaries.
Some days ago I had a talk with a well-known member of the House of Lords who told me that he has already read it twice.
Theory and practice – – –
Every good wish
Yours ever
Ernst Toller.