The idea of Europe in the interwar period
Poster to mark the first Paneuropen Congress in Vienna (1926)
TextPromotional poster to mark the first Paneuropean Congress held in Vienna from 3 to 6 October 1926.
Official programme of the Paneuropean Movement (Vienna, 15 May 1934)
TextOn 15 May 1934, at the Vienna Paneuropean Congress, the Paneuropean Union — of which the Austro-Czech Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi has been the President since 1923 — adopts a detailed programme concerning its objectives and concerns.
Thoughts by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi on Vienna, European capital (1934)
TextIn 1934, the Austro-Czech Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder, in 1923, of the Paneuropean Movement, campaigns for the City of Vienna to be named as capital of a united Europe.
Vienna, Capital of Europe (1934)
TextIn 1934, the Austro-Czech Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder, in 1923, of the Paneuropean Movement, campaigns for the City of Vienna to become the capital of a united Europe.
Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, Europe must unite (1938)
TextIn 1938, in the light of the rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe, the Austrian-Czech Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, who founded the Paneuropean Movement in 1923, considers the implications of the Paneuropean Union and outlines the way in which the countries of the ‘Old Continent’ could be reunited in a single organisation.
Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, Paneuropa
TextIn 1966, Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder, in 1923 in Vienna, of the Paneuropean Union, recalls the circumstances surrounding the founding of the movement and its development up to the eve of the Second World War.
Interview with Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi: the founding of the Paneuropean Movement (Vienna, 19 November 1971)
Audio extractIn this interview recorded in 1971, Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder of the Paneuropean Union, considers the foundation of the movement in 1923 and refers specifically to the aims of its establishment, namely a common European policy as regards foreign affairs, defence and the economy. Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi also emphasises the influence of his father in the birth of the idea of a Paneuropean Movement.