Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1931
Number:40 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name: Deutsche Liga für die Menschenrechte
Profession:German Human Rights League
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name: Ligue francaise pour la défense des droits de l'homme
Profession:French Human Rights League
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Motivation:The German and the French Human Rights Leagues were nominated for their contribution to rapprochement and reconciliation between Germany and France, which the nominator considered to be the most important European political matter.
 
Nominator:
Name:Hellmut von Gerlach
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1866
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Journalist. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: The nominator contributed to the founding of the German Human Rights League. The nominator suggested that the prize was equally divided between the two candidates.