Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1938 |
Number: | 30 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | The Permanent International Peace Bureau |
Profession: | Central office through which peace activities could be coordinated |
City: | Geneva |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910 |
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Motivation: | The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It advocated peace, pacifism and international law. During
WWI the Peace Bureau helped prisoners of war and other victims of the war. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Henriette Wurmová |
Gender: | F |
Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
City: | Brno |
Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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Comments: |
Wurmová nominated both the Permanent International Peace Bureau and Benes, the latter being her primary choice. |
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