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DrRajpalSingh
April 28th, 2012, 09:27 PM
Mahatma Gandhi wrote to Adolf Hitler on July 23, 1939 to ask him to keep World War II from happening. At the time, Hitler was already progressing through Europe, having invaded Czechoslovakia earlier that spring. The letter never reached Hitler, (for unknown reasons) and it is hard to image that it would have had much impact if it did.

Gandhi wrote two letters to Hitler, which are on display at Mani Bhavan, where Gandhi lived in Mumbai from 1917-1934. These letters are a known, but still shocking, part of the history of WWII. Certainly, they make you wonder what could have been, and even spark speculation about what the world leaders of our time really think about the current state of the world.

Read more:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/new-film-on-gandhis-dear-friend-hitler-letters/170502-8-66.html

Movie based on letters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Friend_Hitler14574



Your comments are invited.

SumitJattan
April 28th, 2012, 10:39 PM
Rajpal sir ... The world war 2 was main reason behind the end of imperialism in this world . The letter of our great leader might stop the genocide of Jews during world war . It was one of the darkest phase of this war . At least we got independence due to this war .... but the most fascinating thing is these all European countries are united now and working for the wellbeing of their citizens . They learned their lessons from mistake and now working for the good future of their next generations . We can also learn a lot of things from them at least how to bury the feeling of vengeance .......

dndeswal
April 29th, 2012, 04:45 AM
One reason for not reaching the letters to Hitler may be – the postal system in India was under British control which had a censorship policy too (Gandhi might have posted these letters in some Indian post office). British authorities in India used to keep surveillance on letters of eminent persons and revolutionary patriots. Naturally, the postal inspectors might have confiscated the letters, so never reaching the destination.

If these letters never reached the destination, where the photocopy of the letters generated from? In those days, there were no photocopiers or scanners. Gandhi might not have kept a photocopy of the letters before mailing them. It is possible that it is a carbon copy (made on typewriter itself). But it contains Gandhi’s signatures too. Did Gandhi sign the carbon copy too (as office copy for his own records)? If so, it must be Gandhiji's own possession and may now be kept in Gandhi museum or with some of his family members.

Or was this photo-image created later by the British authorities (from the original confiscated letter) and released to media? IBN-Live is a sister company of CNN.

The above are some of the questions generated due to doubts and mystery of letters never reaching the destination.

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deshi-jat
April 29th, 2012, 06:23 AM
Excellent post !

Rajpal sir ... The world war 2 was main reason behind the end of imperialism in this world . The letter of our great leader might stop the genocide of Jews during world war . It was one of the darkest phase of this war . At least we got independence due to this war .... but the most fascinating thing is these all European countries are united now and working for the wellbeing of their citizens . They learned their lessons from mistake and now working for the good future of their next generations . We can also learn a lot of things from them at least how to bury the feeling of vengeance .......

DrRajpalSingh
April 29th, 2012, 08:18 AM
One reason for not reaching the letters to Hitler may be – the postal system in India was under British control which had a censorship policy too (Gandhi might have posted these letters in some Indian post office). British authorities in India used to keep surveillance on letters of eminent persons and revolutionary patriots. Naturally, the postal inspectors might have confiscated the letters, so never reaching the destination.

If these letters never reached the destination, where the photocopy of the letters generated from? In those days, there were no photocopiers or scanners. Gandhi might not have kept a photocopy of the letters before mailing them. It is possible that it is a carbon copy (made on typewriter itself). But it contains Gandhi’s signatures too. Did Gandhi sign the carbon copy too (as office copy for his own records)? If so, it must be Gandhiji's own possession and may now be kept in Gandhi museum or with some of his family members.

Or was this photo-image created later by the British authorities (from the original confiscated letter) and released to media? IBN-Live is a sister company of CNN.

The above are some of the questions generated due to doubts and mystery of letters never reaching the destination.

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Valid and well reasoned arguments need convincing clarification.

One probability!! the British authorities might not had allowed to go these original letters through their well-knit spy system.

rohittewatia
April 29th, 2012, 09:18 AM
Rajpal Sir, MKG was in no way less adamant than Hitler in his nature. Even, though the two men chose different paths. MKG would make things happen the way he wanted them to be under the pretext of non violence. It was never for the sake of public interest. It would always be because he wanted things to be that way. Even after independence, if indian govt. would not do anything as per him, anshan karne baith jaana.

As you can see in the letter himself, the first paragraph is full of uncertainities in his mind and he is writing only because others told him. Hitler ko bhi bataana chaah raaha tha ki "I" am the "One" writing to him. Itna bada neta bana firta thaa, itni choti si baat apne aap naheen aayi dimaag men ki main khud hi prayaas karta huun WWII rokne kaa. If you read the letter, the whole letter is full of I's(Ahaam). Shaheed Bhagat singh ki fansi ko rokne key liye to isne koi bhi letter na likha. Aur WWII naa houta, to shayad humen aur 20-25 saal gulam rehna padta.

DrRajpalSingh
April 29th, 2012, 10:53 AM
Rajpal Sir, MKG was in no way less adamant than Hitler in his nature. Even, though the two men chose different paths. MKG would make things happen the way he wanted them to be under the pretext of non violence. It was never for the sake of public interest. It would always be because he wanted things to be that way. Even after independence, if indian govt. would not do anything as per him, anshan karne baith jaana.

As you can see in the letter himself, the first paragraph is full of uncertainities in his mind and he is writing only because others told him. Hitler ko bhi bataana chaah raaha tha ki "I" am the "One" writing to him. Itna bada neta bana firta thaa, itni choti si baat apne aap naheen aayi dimaag men ki main khud hi prayaas karta huun WWII rokne kaa. If you read the letter, the whole letter is full of I's(Ahaam). Shaheed Bhagat singh ki fansi ko rokne key liye to isne koi bhi letter na likha. Aur WWII naa houta, to shayad humen aur 20-25 saal gulam rehna padta.

Yah kahna to galat hai kee Saheed Bhagat Singh Ki fansi rokne ke liye MKG ne koi bhi letter na likha.

Samkalin records ke parane se pata chalta hai kee usne kewal is bare me akhri deen letter likha tha kee Congress ka Karachi Adhivesan hone tak Martyr B S and his associates ko fansi nahin di jani chahiya.

Yah alag baat hai kee MKG ne 23 March ko Vice Irwin ko ise talne ke liya letter likha tha; lekin Viceroy kee is bare mein koi pratikirya nahin milti. Iska matlab ya to yah letter viceroy ko mila hi nahin ya British sarkar ne is patra kee andekhi karte huye ushi Rat ko (Sabhi niyamon kee andhekhi karte huye) 3 virpurushon ko shahid kar diya. We salute the Martyrs.