| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Number: | 2 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Jan Bata |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Profession: | Czech industrialist |
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| Motivation: | Jan Bata was the founder and chief executor of a large-scale, self-supporting colonization project in Brazil, the humanitarian scope and non-political nature of his work towards peace was particulary worthy of recognition.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Felix J Vondracek |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of history |
| University: | University of North Dakota |
| City: | Grand Forks |
| State: | ND |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
The proposal is later withdrawn. |
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