Visit Bonn in Germany and travel with the “Bertha Tramway”!

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

70 years ago, on 05 August 1949, the Council of the City of Bonn ( at that time the Capital of West-Germany) decided after heated exchanges op opinions of after-war Germany: “The newly to be created public traffic square close to the Rhine bridge will be named Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz”. Nowadays, the square is one of Bonn’s busiest traffic junctions. Several thousand persons pass through The Bertha von Suttner Platz every day, being ignorant of who this woman was. This changed on Septem...

Bertha von Suttner was born 175 years ago. Guido Grünewald reports (in german)

September 25, 2019

Bertha von Suttner wurde am 9. Juni vor 175 Jahren geboren. Guido Grünewald war für die DFG-VK und die Bertha-von-Suttner-Stiftung sowie in seiner Eigenschaft als Friedenshistoriker bei der Geburtstagsfeier in Den Haag dabei. Aus der Gewaltspirale ausbrechen. BvS 175 Jahre in Den Haag, ZC 4-2018

Bertha von Suttner Peace Brunch on Peace Day 21 September 2019

September 12, 2019

Bertha von Suttner’s famous novel Die Waffen nieder! was published in 1889 and translated into English in 1892 as Lay Down your arms!. The International bestseller tells the life story of Martha von Tilling and reaches a broad audience. On Saturday 21st of September you are cordially invited to the Bertha von Suttner Peace Brunch from 11:00 till 14:00 at 70 Laan van Meerdervoort in The Hague Professor Barbara Burns from Glasgow, UK, will talk about the first English translat...