Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1938
Number:5 - 4
 
Nominee:
Name:Pierre Cérésole
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1879
Year, Death:1945
Profession:Engineer and teacher.
University:Polytechnic College of Zurich
City:Zurich
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Motivation:Cérésole was the founder of an international voluntary relief service (Service volontaire international pour la paix). The relief service was to be an alternative for conscientious objectors to ordinary military service. The organization acvocated mutual understanding, helpfulness and brotherhood.
 
Nominator:
Name:J.B. Th Hugenholtz
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:Ammerstol
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)