| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 17 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Gerrit Jan Heering |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | Professor of Theology |
| University: | Leiden University |
| City: | Leiden |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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| Motivation: | Heering had written a book called "De Zondeval van het Christendom" (1928), in which he advocated peace, pacifism and anti-militarism while critcizing the German State Church.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | J.B. Th Hugenholtz |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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| Comments: |
Vereeining Volksweerbarheid (a Dutch defence association) protested against Heering's candidacy, claiming that his book was anti-patriotic. |
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