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Christian Bartolf (born January 2, 1960 in Lübeck, Germany) is a political and educational scientist. He is the founder and director of the Gandhi Information Center, an international peace society based in Berlin, Germany.

A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, he has researched, documented and published extensively on issues of nonviolence, pacifism and conscientious objection, including a recent book on Leo Tolstoy's social philosophy and his books on Mahatma Gandhi's correspondence with famous contemporaries. In 1986, he compiled articles and historical documents for a two-volume publicaion on the history of U.S. pacifism for the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies of the Free University of Berlin.
He was a professional counsellor for conscientious objectors and peace educator for the Protestant Church in Berlin between 1991 and 2006.

He participated in the 2007 Satyagraha Conference, invited by the Government of India, which lead to the U.N. resolution for the United Nations' "International Day of Non-Violence" on October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

Publications (major articles and books in English language)

1994:

- Tolstoy and Gandhi (Non-violent Resistance) (on the occasion of Gandhiji's 125th birthday); Berlin 1994 (Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum, Berlin; ISBN 3-930093-07-3)

1997:

- Tolstoy and Gandhi; in: Gandhi and the Contemporary World. Essays to mark the 125th Anniversary of His Birth (ed. by Antony Copley and George Paxton); Chennai, India 1997, pp. 196-204 (Indo-British Historical Society, Chennai, India; ISBN 819-000-68-19)

- Hermann Kallenbach - Mahatma Gandhi's friend in South Africa (co-author: Isa Sarid); Berlin 1997 (Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum, Berlin; ISBN 3-930093-13-8)
Letter to a Hindoo - Taraknath Das, Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi; Berlin 1997 (Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum, Berlin; ISBN 3-930093-12-X)

1999:

- Manifesto of Non-Violence: Tolstoy, Gandhi & Responsibility of Intellectuals, in: The International Journal of Humanities and Peace (IJHP), Flagstaff (Arizona, USA) 1999, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 76-79 (ISSN 1042-4032)

2000:

- The Breath of my Life: the correspondence of Mahatma Gandhi (India) and Bart de Ligt (Holland) on War and Peace; Berlin 2000 (Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum, Berlin; ISBN 3-930093-15-4)

- Tolstoy's Legacy for Mankind: A Manifesto for Nonviolence

2001:

- Manifesto against conscription and the military system; Berlin 2001 (Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum, Berlin; ISBN 3-930093-16-2)

2004:

- Tolstoy and Gandhi and their Legacy Today. In: Global Peace. An International Journal of Philosophy, Peace, Education, Culture and Civilization, Meerut/India, September 2004, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20-22

2006:

- -My Vegetarian Journey. In: The Peacable Table. A Vegetarian Journal for Quakers and Other People of Faith, February 2006, vol. 3, no. 2.

- Tolstoy and Gandhi and their Legacy Today. in: Ravindra Kumar (ed.): Mahatma Gandhi in the beginning of 21st Century, New Delhi 2006, pp. 133-137