---
title: "europe20a - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=60"
date: "2026-11-05T23:58:47+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

europe20a

 [ ![Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-europe20a-agnon.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2476:history-europe20a-agnon&catid=60)

## [Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970)](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2476:history-europe20a-agnon&catid=60)

Agnon is a central figure in modern Hebrew fiction. He wrote many novels and short stories about major contemporary spiritual con…

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 [ ![Sir Stafford Cripps 1889-1952](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/europe20a/cripps-gandhi.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2477:history-europe20a-cripps&catid=60)

## [Sir Stafford Cripps 1889-1952](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2477:history-europe20a-cripps&catid=60)

All extracts from The Cripps Version: a life of Sir Stafford Cripps, by Peter Clarke, published by Allen Lane, The Penguin Press,…

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 [ ![Rev. John Todd Ferrier (1855-1943)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-europe20a-ferrier.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2478:history-europe20a-ferrier&catid=60)

## [Rev. John Todd Ferrier (1855-1943)](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2478:history-europe20a-ferrier&catid=60)

Founder of the Order of the Cross, advocate of vegetarianism from a Christian viewpoint. John Todd Ferrier was born in Greenock, …

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 [ ![Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/europe20a/gaudi.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2479:history-europe20a-gaudi&catid=60)

## [Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2479:history-europe20a-gaudi&catid=60)

This article was contributed by Nuno Metello in 2008 - above: Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece in Barcelona, Sagrada Família Antoni…

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 [ ![Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-europe20a-hitler.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2480:history-europe20a-hitler&catid=60)

## [Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=2480:history-europe20a-hitler&catid=60)

Some links to articles on the subject: Why Hitler Was Not A Vegetarian by Rynn Berry Hitler's Vegetarianism by Roberta Kalechovsk…

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 [ ![Europe: early 20th Century](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-europe20a-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-history-europe20a-index.html)

## [Europe: early 20th Century](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-history-europe20a-index.html)

A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Da…

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