PEN Records 91.5

"Appeal to the Conscience of the World," letter from PEN London Centre. June 1940.

This letter, signed by prominent members of the PEN London Centre, appeals to the international community for help in the war against Germany. In this impassioned appeal, English PEN President Storm Jameson proclaims the PEN's friendship with "every man, of any race or religion, who holds that men should respect each other and minds should be free." This declaration articulates PEN's commitment to free speech as a driving force behind the organization's political opposition to Nazi rule.