Aseet pois!

Translated by Alli Nissinen

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"Aseet pois!" by Bertha von Suttner is a novel published in 1889. Through the eyes of Austrian countess Martha Althaus, the story follows four devastating wars that claim her loved ones. After losing her first husband in battle, Martha becomes a passionate advocate for peace, even as her second husband serves as an army officer. The novel examines the human cost of war and became one of the most influential anti-war works in German literature before World War I.

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