| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Number: | 12 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Friedrich Wilhelm Förster |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| Profession: | Professor of Mathematics. Educator. |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Motivation: | Förster was nominated for his significant contributtion to the Germn peace movement in the perod between the two word wars. Förster promoted ethics, peace and international arbitration. He worked to improve the relations between France and Germany. Förster represented the pedagogic school of the peace movement. He was not motivated by political sentiments, but by his religious understanding and perception of ethics. He was a proponent of anti-militarism. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Max Huber |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Year, Death: | 1960 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute for International Law. Professor of International Law |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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