| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 41 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | The High Commission for Refugees |
| Profession: | Organization aimed at aiding refugees from Germany after the rise of Nazism in 1933 |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | The Nansen International Office for Refugees |
| Profession: | International aid organization established in 1931 |
| City: | Geneva |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1938 |
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| Motivation: | The High Commission for Refugees was nominated for its work to aid the increasing number of refugees fleeing from Nazi-Germany. The Nansen International Office for Refugees was nominated for its efforts and its display of worldwide humanitarianism and brotherhood.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Halvdan Koht |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1873 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Profession: | Professor of History. Foreign Minister. Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1919-1937, 1940-1942). |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
Koht suggested primarily to give an undivided prize to the High Commission for Refugees. If this was not agreed upon by the Committee, he suggested that the prize was equally divided between the two nominees.
Both the High Commission for Refugees and the Nansen International Office for Refugees were organizations initiated by the League of Nations. The latter organization continued Nansen's work (League of Nations High Commissioner for refugees 1921-30) after his death. |
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