| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Number: | 44 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Hermann Gmeiner |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1919 |
| Year, Death: | 1986 |
| Profession: | Philanthropist |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Motivation: | Hermann Gmeiner was nominated as a result of extraordinary humanitarian work. He saw the needs of the children left alone after the Second World War, and as the founder of SOS-Children´s Villages he has given thousands of orphaned or abandoned children new homes and safety. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Erwin Altenburger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Member of the Austrian Government |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |