The Pacifist Movement and the Russo-Ottoman War 1877 – 1878. Bertha von Suttner and her Memoirs
The Pacifist Movement and the Russo-Ottoman War 1877 – 1878. Bertha von Suttner and her Memoirs

Summary/Abstract: The Russo-Ottoman war 1877 – 1878 was an important challenge for the peace activists in Europe: for religious war-resistance groups, for pacifists, as well as for supporters of social justice. Pacifists started new iniatives for maintaining peace. They tried to prevent the war by organization of international conferences, to reduce the participation in the war, to find new forms like arbitration or Inter-parliamentary union. For many of the most prominent figures of the peace movement in the second half of the 19th century: Henri Richard, Frederic Passy, Leo Tolstoy, Bertha von Suttner, the experience they achieved during the Russo-Ottoman war was very important for shaping their views. Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) lived during the time of the Russo-Ottoman war 1877 – 1878 in Caucasus not far from the front line. Traditionally educated to admire military activities, she described in her memoirs how her attitude toward the war started to changeas a result of her experience there. Her expeperience from 1877 – 1878 contributed to the change of her views which made her a leading person in the anti-war movement in Europe in the next decades.

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