Pierre Ceresole

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The Swiss Pierre Ceresole (1897-1945) founded the Service Civil International (SCI) in 1920, an organisation that helped in the reconstruction after the war with the goal of achieving an atmosphere of brotherhood. Being a pacifist, he had refused to pay taxes that were used for the acquisition of arms, to fulfill his draft period and to accept money from his inheritance. He spent many hours in prison.

Ceresole had been inspired by the US thinker William James and in turn inspired Kees Boeke.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Pierre Ceresole, Vivre sa vérité : Carnets de route [1909-1944], Ed. la Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1950, 279 p.
  • Hélène Monastier, Un Quaker d'aujourd'hui : Pierre Ceresole, Société religieuse des Amis (quakers), Paris, 1947, 43 p.
  • Hélène Monastier & al., Pierre Ceresole d'après sa correspondance, Ed. la Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1960, 249 p.
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