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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Countries Norway, USA
- Bertha von Suttner: Alfred Nobel had good reasons for choosing to entrust the administration of the funds of his peace legacy to the Norwegian Parliament.
- Bertha von Suttner: I wish to dwell for a moment on the subject of America. This land of limitless opportunities is marked by its ability to carry out new and daring plans of enormous imagination and scope, while often using the simplest methods. In other words, it is a nation idealistic in its concepts and practical in its execution of them.