​She was called "The Witch" and "The Fury of Peace," despised by the military and male press and admired by the most prestigious personalities of the time: from Theo- dore Roosevelt to Alfred Nobel, to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Countess Bertha Kinsky was raised in aristocratic and military circles, becoming the pioneer of the Interna- tional Peace Movement. Her book of condemnation against the war, Down with Weapons! set the world on fire. Lev Tolstoy expressed his admiration with the following words, "God grant that your book should help abolish war."