Nicholas Roerich Museum New York

On September 1st, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland and World War II broke out.
It ended with the aggressor's capitulation and the Nuremberg trials, in which the war criminals were held accountable for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Some country and some people are in the process of repeating the history.

Nicholas Roerich

WAR AGAIN

A quarter of a century has passed [since World War I], exactly a quarter, just one generation, and the virus of the same madness has broken out. This epidemic has started in the same inhuman way. Again, bombs are being dropped on civilians. Again, ships carrying peaceful travelers are being destroyed. Schools are shattered and children's bodies torn apart.

Of course, this war did not start just yesterday. Already in 1936, the evil germs were sprouting... Violence was rampant. Destruction was justified by citing the most astounding reasons. As often happens, the biggest missiles exploded when public opinion least expected them…

On August 1st, 1914, we were in a temple, on September 1st, 1939 we were up in the Himalayas. Both—temples. Back then we were not ready to believe in such human madness, and now the heart does not want to admit that a new horror has been born…

Once more, we will turn to art to remind us that destruction is unacceptable, once more we will hope that at least now humanity will understand what true values are, ​​and what is the purpose of human evolution.

September 3, 1939, Himalayas