| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Number: | 10 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Andreo Cseh |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1895 |
| Year, Death: | 1979 |
| Profession: | Roman Catholic priest. |
| City: | The Hague |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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| Motivation: | Cseh was nominated because the peace prize would be "a well deserved recompense for his apostolic action for international understanding and peace". He had been working for peace for more than 22 years, and from 1920 he had devoted his entire life to the peace cause. Cseh wanted to make people understand each other by means of a common language, and he chose the international language Esperanto as his tool. He founded a special institute at The Hague that was working on reconciliation of mankind. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Henri Marie La Fontaine |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1854 |
| Year, Death: | 1943 |
| Profession: | Member of the Permanent International Peace Bureau and Inter-Parliamentary Union. Nobel Peace Prize laureate1913. |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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| Comments: |
La Fontaine submitted the nomination on behalf of several politicians and professors. |
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