Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner
The Nobel Peace Prize 1905
Photo: nobelprize.org
Name: Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner
Birth: 9 June 1843, Prague, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic
Death: 21 June 1914, Vienna, Austria
Residence at the time of the award: Austria
Role: Author of Lay Down Your Arms, Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau, Berne, Switzerland
Field: peace movement
Generalissimo, Peace Movement. Author, ‘Lay Down Your Arms‘. Permanent International Peace Bureau. Vigorously opposed militaristic traditions. Eternal truth: happiness created, developed in peace. Eternal right: individual’s right to live.
“Inform me, convince me, and then I will do something great for the movement”, Alfred Nobel said to Bertha von Suttner.”
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Honoring Bertha von Suttner
Unveiling the Bertha von Suttner Statue by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee by R. Steenhard on August 30, 2013.Towards a Bertha von Suttner, peace museum in Vienna (1914 – 2014) by Peter van den Dungen
The Bertha von Suttner Project