Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1938 |
Number: | 5 - 5 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Pierre Cérésole |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1879 |
Year, Death: | 1945 |
Profession: | Engineer |
University: | Polytechnic College of Zurich |
City: | Zurich |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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Motivation: | Cérésole was the founder of an international voluntary relief service (Service volontaire international pour la paix). The relief service was to be an alternative for conscientious objectors to ordinary military service. The organization acvocated mutual understanding, helpfulness and brotherhood. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Georges Lasserre |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor of Economy and Law (Jurisprudence). |
University: | Lille |
City: | Lille |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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