Monday, July 9, 2012

Gandhi Hermann Kallenbach

  • NEW DELHI -- A report says the Indian government is buying a collection of letters that may provide information on the relationship between Indias independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi and a German architect.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • He is more than an acolyte, less than an equal, wrote Pulitzer-winning author Joseph Lelyveld of Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish architect of Lithuanian background, who struck a deep friendship with Mahatma Gandhi during his time in South Africa.
  • (BBC News)
  • 4.3 crore and Rs. 6.06 crore. The archive comprises five decades of correspondence between Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach, a German Jewish bodybuilder and architect who became a close friend of Gandhi after they met in Johannesburg in 1904.
  • (in.com)
  • A rich archive containing thousands of items related to Mahatma Gandhi will soon return to India after the Union Ministry of Culture signed a contract with auctioneers Sothebys to purchase it before it was put up for auction on July 10.
  • (Daily News and Analysis)
  • The archive includes several letters that throw fresh light on the controversial relationship between Gandhi and architect Hermann Kallenbach, one of the foremost associates and friends of Gandhi during his time in South Africa.
  • (Hindustan Times)
  • The documents, numbering several thousand and arranged in 18 files, belonged to Hermann Kallenbach, who became arguably Gandhis closest friend after they met in Johannesburg in 1904.
  • (Reuters)
  • The huge archive of letters, papers and photos reveals new details about Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and his time in South Africa.
  • (Stuff)

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