1935

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Carl von Ossietzky was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his uncompromising pacifism and defence of freedom of speech. Carl von Ossietzky Full name: Carl von OssietzkyBorn: 3 October 1889, Hamburg, GermanyDied: 4 May 1938, Berlin, GermanyDate awarded: 24 November 1936 Concentration camp prisoner and peace prize laureate In the autumn 1936, the Norwegian Nobel Committee…

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Banquet speech

Frédéric Joliot’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1935 (in French) Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Qu’il me soit permis au nom de Madame Joliot-Curie et de moi-même d’exprimer toute notre admiration et notre reconnaissance à l’œuvre fondée par Alfred Nobel, de remercier les savants suédois du grand honneur qu’il nous ont fait…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1935 Artificial Production of Radioactive Elements It is a great honour and a great pleasure to us that the has awarded us the Nobel Prize for our work on the synthesis of radio-elements, after having presented it to in 1903, and to in 1911, for the discovery of the radio-elements. I…

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