The 1935 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky, of Germany, for his struggle against Germany’s rearmament. Von Ossietzky, a journalist, was jailed by the Nazis when he revealed that Germany was re-arming in defiance of the Versailles Treaty. The Nobel Committee awarded him the prize to put pressure on Germany for his release. He died, still imprisoned, in 1938.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Since 1901 it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses” Over the next few months we’ll be introducing you to the past Nobel laureates, leading up to the award of the 2016 prize in October.
