Villeneuve

Autograph letter dated and signed by Romain Rolland, 42 lines in black ink, denouncing the accusation, by the Hitler regime, of the participation of Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Tanev and Popov in the Reichstag fire. Georges Dimitrov, head of the Comintern's International Communist bureau for Western Europe, is in Berlin in February 1933. On the night of February 27, the Nazi regime, then in power for only a month, takes advantage of the criminal arson of the Reichstag to impute responsibility to communist militants and the left-wing opposition. On March 9, Dimitrov is arrested with five of his companions including Tanev and Popov. After a long trial in Leipzig and a public counter-trial...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Romain Rolland, 18 lines in black ink, written in French and English from Villeneuve in the canton of Vaud.
Usual folds, a small hole to the upper left corner made by a pin, not affecting the text.
Romain Rolland, aligned with Moscow's position, criticizes the expansionist and imperialist policies of the West and the Japanese empire: "I take the liberty of communicating to you the enclosed appeal which I sent today to several French newspapers, and I enclose a copy of the telegram from Moscow, which triggered it."
He comes to the defense of the Kuomintang and its leader Sun Yat-sen, endangered by the Japanese army backed by the Europeans...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Romain Rolland to Renaud de Jouvenel, 28 lines in black ink,
Folds inherent to postal sending. Two perforations in left margin of the letter having caused a very slight lack to the top of the letter "p" of the word "pour" in the fifth line.
Romain Rolland, overwhelmed with work, belatedly congratulates the writer and polemicist Renaud de Jouvenel for sending his latest work, certainly "Commune Mesure" published by Éditions sociales internationales in 1938: "votre livre de chroniques et de portraits, vivants, brillants, cinglants..." ; Romain Rolland buckling under work but also under solicitations: "Oui la...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Romain Rolland, 9 lines in black ink, written from his Villa Olga in Villeneuve in the Canton of Vaud.
Fold marks inherent to postal delivery.
"Villeneuve (Vaud) Villa Olga, 22 janvier 1937.
Cher camarade et ami. En hâte, je vous adresse ces quelques lignes pour notre réunion de dimanche 24, en l'honneur de notre cher Paul Langevin. Cordialement à vous. Romain Rolland." (Villeneuve (Vaud) Villa Olga, January 22, 1937. Dear comrade and friend. In haste, I send you these few lines for our meeting on Sunday the 24th, in honor of our dear Paul Langevin. Cordially yours. Romain Rolland.)