Simone Weil / Signed Autograph Letter / Communism / Comrades / Philosophy

Autograph letter signed "simone weil" to henri guilbeaux auxerre [autumn 1932], 1 p. In-4to oblong lower margin slightly oblique, traces of folds, some small ink discharges. Very rare letter from the philosopher testifying her unwavering support to her comrades of the Socialist Party of German Workers, opponents of the Stalin komintern - this missive reveals, beyond her profound humanism, the precautions used by simone weil to obtain the confidence of her correspondent by an interposed person. "Dear Comrade, excuse me for writing to you without being known to you - I have known. [paul] frölich during my one-month stay in Berlin (August) - he had given me a letter for you, which your detention in the afternoon search prevented me from handing you over.

At the moment, I am, of course, extremely concerned for the fellow Berliners, and in particular for frölich [.] Have you heard from him? Do you have any idea how we could get some? I am willing to do anything possible to help him, if he finds himself in need of some help (money or something else).

It was [marcel] martinet who gave me your address - I asked him to write to you to make sure you can trust me, and tell me everything you know. Tell me what you think we can do, too. Well cordially to you simone weil 34 rue de preuilly auxerre (yonne)". In 1922 he published a brochure in French: white terror in Germany (small communist library, bets). He was one of the leaders of the k.

(kommunistiche partei deutschlands), before creating the sozial arbeiter partei s. The Berlin "comrades" for whom simone weil is worried are mainly the "oppositionals" (those who wanted a recovery from the German Communist Party) she experienced during her stay, and who are fighting against the apparatus of the komintern party and the Russian state. Upon his return from Germany, Simone Weil sought to assist political refugees who were not part of either of the two international organizations and therefore were not receiving any assistance. In this way, she organizes many successive lodgings with her parents (to the great despair of her father.

"It was martinet who gave me your address." In 1918 he founded a pacifist magazine, the plebe. To fight with the core of trade union activists grouped by P. Monatte around the proletarian revolution.

This item is in the category "collections\letters, old papers\autographs\others". The seller is "laurent-autographs" and is located in this country: fr.

theme: science
type: signed autograph letter
number of pages: 1