AMI Journal, 2013, 1-2 08 Peace through Education Montessori, Maria Montessori, Mario M. Two years before the outbreak of the WWII, in 1937, the Sixth International Montessori Congress on Peace was held in Copenhagen. During one of the lectures the Congress participants were addressed by Maria Montessori who pleaded that humankind must come to terms with themselves and the environment. They recognized that encreazing efforts were being made all over the world to understand the elusive concept of peace, as more and more groups of people were organizing peace efforts in their communities. Montessori method of education Association Montessori Internationale English Article AMI Journal, 2013, 1-2