The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1901
Number:	12-1
Nominee:
Name:	Eduard Loewenthal
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1836
Year, death:	1917
Profession/Category:	Journalist, editor and editor.
City:	Berlin
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Motivation:	Loewenthal was one of the earliest promoters of the necessity to establish a league of European states. He also promited disarmament, reform of international law and the introduction of obligatory arbitration of disputes between states through an international system of "peace justice". He was instrumental in the founding of what was later known as the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Nominator:
Name:	Albert M Traeger
Profession/Category:	Member of the German parliament.
City:	Berlin
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Evaluation:	No