| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 40 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Deutsche Liga für die Menschenrechte |
| Profession: | German Human Rights League |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Ligue francaise pour la défense des droits de l'homme |
| Profession: | French Human Rights League |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | The German and the French Human Rights Leagues were nominated for their contribution to rapprochement and reconciliation between Germany and France, which the nominator considered to be the most important European political matter. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hellmut von Gerlach |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1866 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Journalist. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
The nominator contributed to the founding of the German Human Rights League.
The nominator suggested that the prize was equally divided between the two candidates.
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