Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1924
Number:19 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Ludwig Quidde
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1858
Year, Death:1941
Profession:Veteran peace leader. Historian. Journalist. Chairman of the German Peace Society.
City:Munich
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1927
 
Motivation:Quidde joined the German Peace Society in 1892 (chairman 1914-1929), and in 1894 he founded a peace association in Munich. He was a prominent advocate of peace and pacifism. From 1907 to 1919 Quidde was a liberal member of the Bavarian parliament and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In 1919 he joined the Democratic Party and from 1919 to 1920 he served as a member of the National Assembly. He denounced the German war-guilt clause of the Versailles Treaty and he opposed the revival of German militarism. He was chairman of the German Peace Cartel 1921-29. Quidde advocated German admittance to the League of Nations.
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Alexius Björkman
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:Erik Röing
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominator 3:
Name:N Norling
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)