Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1963 |
Number: | 85 - 0 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Hermann Gmeiner |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1919 |
Year, Death: | 1986 |
Profession: | Philanthropist, founder of SOS Children´s Villages |
Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
Motivation: | Hermann Gmeiner was nominated as a result of extraordinary humanitarian work. He saw the needs of the children left alone after the Second World War, and as the founder of SOS-Children´s Villages he has given thousands of orphaned or abandoned children new homes and safety. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Romano Guardini |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor of Law |
University: | University of Munich |
City: | Munich |
Country: | GERMANY (DE) |