| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 9 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Walter Robert Corti |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1910 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| Profession: | Journalist. Humanist. |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Motivation: | Corti founded the first Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland to care for orphans and refugees displaced by the World War II. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hans Wehberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1962 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| University: | Geneva Institute of International Law |
| City: | Geneva |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Comments: |
Wehberg also nominated Georges Scelle.
Pestalozzi (1746-1827) was a Swiss humanitarian and educationalist who believed that it was his duty to help the poor and make them become valued members of society. |
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