Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1951
Number:12 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Friedrich Wilhelm Förster
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1869
Year, Death:1966
Profession:Professor of Mathematics. Educator.
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
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.
 
Nominator:
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)