Ossietzky's 1931 conviction was upheld by Germany's Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), applying the law as it stood in 1931
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Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.
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culture · German journalist and pacifist (1889–1938) · journalist · writer · opinion journalist · editor · Nobel Prize winner · editing staff · also Carl von Ossietzky, Ossietzky
Born 3 October 1889 · Died 4 May 1938 · Q76358
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1974· 1 entry
The University of Oldenburg was renamed Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in his honor and Ossietzky's daughter Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm donated his archive and personal library to the university which has b
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1963· 1 entry
East German television produced the film Carl von Ossietzky about Ossietzky's life, starring Hans-Peter Minetti in the title role
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1938· 1 entry
Died 1938-05-04.
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1936· 2 entries
But was forbidden from travelling to Norway to accept it
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When, already suffering from serious tuberculosis, he was awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
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1935· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1935).
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: Nazi book burnings.
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1932· 2 entries
Supported Ernst Thälmann's candidacy for the German presidency, though still a critic of the actual policy of the German Communist Party and the Soviet Union
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Published an article in which he stated:
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1931· 1 entry
And sentenced to eighteen months in prison, but was granted amnesty in December 1932
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1927· 1 entry
Ossietzky succeeded Kurt Tucholsky as editor-in-chief of the periodical Die Weltbühne
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1923· 1 entry
Showing that German judges were inclined to impose extremely harsh sentences on those who broke laws in the name of the left while imposing very lenient sentences on those who committed much violence in the name of the r
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1921· 1 entry
The German military founded the Arbeitskommandos (work squads) built up by Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-10-03.
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