A STORY OF LOUIS FISCHER

Louis Fischer, the son of David and shifrah (Kantzapolsky) Fischer, was born on 29th Febrauary, 1896 in Philadelphia. He attended the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy from 1914 to 1916, then taught in the public schools for the next two years. Starting his career as a teacher, he switched over to journalism. In 1921, he became a contributor to the New York Post from Berlin. In 1922, The Nation sent him to Russia as its special European Correspondent. There he married Bertha Mark of Libau, Latvia. He was well-versed in English, Russian, German, French and understood Spanish.

He made frequent and long visits to Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia France and Italy. He met all popular leaders of many countries personally. He was a great humanists and tried to understand and make others understand alien cultures and races. During his first visit to India in 1942, he stayed with Gandhi for a week at his ashram in Sevagram. During his second trip to India on 25th June, 1946, he revisited Gandhi in his stone-hut in a slum and had many meetings with all Indian leaders in various cities. He had his last meeting with Gandhi on 18th July, 1946.

To be continued…….