Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky
The Nobel Peace Prize 1935
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Name: Carl von Ossietzky
Birth: 3 October 1889, Hamburg, Germany
Death: 4 May 1938, Berlin, Germany
Residence: Argentina
Role: Journalist (i.a. die Weltbühne), Pacifist
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Role: Journalist (i.a. die Weltbühne), Pacifist
Eponym
In 1991, the University of Oldenburg was renamed Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in his honor. Carl von Ossietzky’s daughter, Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm, took part in the formal ceremony, accompanied by, then Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Gerhard Schröder.