Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 23. november 1936 / Timeline November 23, 1936
Version 3.522. November 1936, 24. November 1936
11/23/1936
Nobel fredsprismodtageren i
koncentrationslejren
Den norske Nobel-komité, ledet af professor Fredrik Strang,
tildeler den tyske
journalist og pacifist
Carl von Ossietzky Nobels Fredspris for 1935. Med prisen
fulgte en pengegave på 159.916.74 kr.: 'The symbol certainly
has its value. But Ossietzky is not just a symbol. He is something
quite different and something much more. He is a deed; and he is a
man.
It is on these grounds that Ossietzky has been awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize, and on these grounds alone. His candidacy was examined
in the same manner as that of all others, and the decision was
reached according to the same principles. If we look back upon all
the men and women who have received the Peace Prize over the years,
we find that they are of widely divergent personalities and views
and that the lives of many of them were marked by passion, grief,
and struggle. It is quite obvious that the Nobel Committee, in
awarding the prize to these different personalities, has neither
shared all the opinions which they held nor declared its solidarity
with all of their work. The wish of the Nobel Committee has always
been to fulfill its task and its obligation, namely, to reward work
for peace - that and nothing else. And the Nobel Committee has been
able to do so because it is totally independent. It is not
answerable to anyone, nor do its decisions commit anyone other than
itself'.
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