The file contains the correspondence and drafts of papers for publishing by The Federal Trust Altiero Spinelli Ventotene Manifesto.
Includes: A letter from Franco Spoltore on publishing Altiero Spinelli’s works (5.03.1996); Paper Hermann Brill and others (‘Neu Beginnen’ group): comments on the ‘Ten point programme’ (Feb. 1938); Helmuth von Moltke: ‘Initial Situation, Aims and Tasks’ – 24 April 1941; Adam von Trott: memorandum for Sir Stafford Cripps - end of April 1942; Helmuth von Moltke: Letter to Lionel Curtis (middle of May?) 1942; Hans Schönfeld: ‘Explanatory Notes and References’ (June?) 1942; Hans and Sophie Scholl and others, fifth leaflet: ‘Appeal to all Germans’ (November 1942); Helmuth von Moltke: ‘Questions on the relationship between economic and foreign policy’ (14.06.1943); The Kreisau Circle’s ‘Basic Principle of Reconstruction’ (9.08.1943); Carl Goerdeler: from the memorandum ‘Das Ziel’ (‘The Aim’); Carl Goerdeler: Statement on the Atlantic Charter (13.12.1942); Carl Goerdeler: Peace plan late summer – autumn 1943; Carl Goerdeler: ‘Practical Steps towards the Reorganization of Europe’ Early 1944; Carl Goerdeler: ‘Germany’s future tasks’ 1-8 August 1944; Willy Brandt: ‘The War Aims of the Great Powers and the New Europe’ Spring 1940; Thomas Mann: Broadcast (29.01.1943); Hilda Monte: ‘The Unity of Europe’ Autumn 1943; Ernst Behm, Willy Brandt, August and Irmgard Enderle, Stefan Szende: ‘On the Postwar Policy of German Socialists’ July 1944; International Group of Democratic Socialists in Stockholm: ‘The Peace Aims of Democratic Socialists’ March 1943; Jacques Maritain: ‘On political justice’ spring 1940; Léon Blum: ‘On the human scale’ July 1941; Léon Blum: warning from prison 5 February 1943; Daniel Villey: ‘Note on the principles of the coming peace’ July 1943; Libération-Sud: ‘Our task: beyond the nation’ (1.08.1943); Emmanuel d’Astier de la Vigerie: ‘Taking stock’ (25.08.1943); Vincent Auriol: ‘Yesterday… tomorrow’ September 1943; Francis Gérard: ‘What is to be done with Germany?’ November 1943; Ernest Pezet and Robert Buron: ‘Defence of the federal principle’ December 1943; Comité Français pour la Fédération Européene: ‘Declaration’ June 1944; La Marseillaise: ‘Our Europe’ (14.07.1944); Altiero Spinelli: The Ventotene Manifesto; Federalism and the Second World War. Table of Contents (with amanedments); Lionel Robbins: ‘The Cause of International Conflict’ (1939) from The Economic Causes of War (London, 1939); The biographical notes of Herman Brill, Helmuth James Count von Moltkem Adam von Trott zu Soltz, Hans Schönfeld, Hans and Sophie Scholl, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Willy Brandt, Thomas Mann, Hilda Monte, Behm and Brandt, Jacques Maritain,Léon Blum, Daniel Villey, Baron Emmanuel ‘Bernard’ d’Astier de la Vigerie, Vincent Auriol, Francis Gérard, Ernest-Amans Pezet and Robert Buron; Xerox of article on Ausgangslage Ziele und Aufgaben by Moltke (The starting point, goals and tasks); Table of content with handwritten amendments; Xerox of The Ventotene Manifesto: the only road to follow; Computer printed preface to thee Ventotene Manifesto; Xerox of a first page of article on Aussenpolitiche zukunftsprogramme des Deutshen Widerstandes (Foreign policy future programs of the German Resistance).

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