| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 3 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Edvard Benes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1948 |
| Profession: | Foreign minister 1919-1935), Presiedent (1935-1938) |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Motivation: | Benes was nominated for his contribution to Czech independence and for developing an international organization based on the Covenant of the League of Nations. In Paris he and Masaryk formed a propaganda organization that eventually became a Czechoslovak provisional government. With the collapse of Austria-Hungary in November 1918, a new Czechoslovak state was quickly formed. Benes became Foreign Minister of the new government. Benes contributed to the preparation of the Geneva Protocol, the basis for the negotiations in Locarno. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Henriette Wurmová |
| Gender: | F |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| City: | Brno |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Comments: |
Wurmová suggested both Benes and the Permanent International Peace Bureau, the former being her primary choice. |
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