| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Number: | 16 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Hermann Gmeiner |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1919 |
| Year, Death: | 1986 |
| Profession: | Philanthropist, founder of SOS Children´s Villages |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
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| Motivation: | Hermann Gmeiner was nominated as a result of extrodinary 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hermann Geissler |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of Switzerland´s federal parliament |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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