World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace
| World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace (Światowy Kongres Intelektualistów w Obronie Pokoju) |
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| Host country | Poland |
| Date | 25 August 1948– 28 August 1948 |
| Venue(s) | Wrocław University of Technology |
The World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace (Polish: Światowy Kongres Intelektualistów w Obronie Pokoju) was an international conference held on 25 to 28 August 1948 at Wrocław University of Technology. It was organized in the aftermath of the Second World War by the authorities of the Polish People's Republic and the Soviet Union, and aimed against American imperialism.
The congress was part of Soviets and Stalin’s goal of slowing down the Western nuclear weapon program by the West, by influencing the world public opinion through framing of the communist powers as supporters of peace, and on the opposite side, portraying the West as a threat to peace.
The Congress was officially proposed by Polish communist Jerzy Borejsza, and conceptualized by the Soviet Union. It was held on 25 to 28 August 1948 at Wrocław University of Technology. It cost the organizers about 100 million Polish zloties.
A large number of notable individuals, primarily supportive of the left-wing policies, participated in the conference. They included: Pablo Picasso,Louis Aragon,Frédéric Joliot,Irène Joliot-Curie,Aldous Huxley, Julian Huxley,Bertolt Brecht,Jorge Amado,György Lukács,Fernand Léger,Roger Vailland,Salvatore Quasimodo,Paul Éluard,Olaf W. Stapledon,Leon Moussinac,Jorge Amado,Alan J.P. Taylor,John Haldane,Dominique Desanti, Martin Andersen-Nexo, Sir John Boyd-Orr, William Gropper, Eugénie Cotton, Anna Seghers, Aubrey Pankey, Alves Redol, Julien Benda, Hewlett Johnson, Jo Davidson, Minnette de Silva, Mulk Raj Anand and Karl Vennberg. Some Soviet delegates included Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev,Ilya Ehrenburg, and Mikhail Sholokhov. Polish representatives were, among others: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (leader of the Polish delegation),Maria Dąbrowska,Zofia Nałkowska,Tadeusz Kotarbiński,Józef Chałasiński,Andrzej Panufnik,Kazimierz Wyka,Stanisław Lorentz,Stanisław Ossowski,Władysław Broniewski,Władysław Tatarkiewicz,Julian Krzyżanowski,Antoni Słonimski,Hugo Steinhaus,Julian Tuwim, and Jerzy Zawieyski. Borejsza was the Congress' secretary general.
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