Rob Riemen

This book tells how recent European history has been shaped by violence and mass hysteria, and contrasts it with the writers, poets, philosophers, scientists and artists who have embodied European humanism. Thomas Mann, George Orwell, Simone Weil, Janusz Korczak, Robert Oppenheimer, Anna Akhmatova and others, they represent a greatness that is shaped not by power but by moral integrity.

At a time when an uncertain world is struggling with political extremism and polarization in almost every area, this plea for truth, justice and freedom is sorely needed.