1954
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Speed read
Speed read
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world. Full name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesNative name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…
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Documentary
Lost and Found https://youtu.be/_hspKngQ-3E “If they lose a child, it is like a double persecution” In the chaos of the world’s largest refugee camp, Kamal Hussein is a beacon of hope. From his small ramshackle hut, and armed only with a microphone, he has taken it upon himself to try and reunite the thousands of…
moreErnest Hemingway – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1954, the speech was read by John M. Cabot, United States Ambassador to Sweden «Having no facility for speech-making and no command of oratory nor any domination of rhetoric, I wish to thank the administrators…
moreThomas H. Weller – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1954 The Cultivation of the Poliomyelitis Viruses in Tissue Culture Pdf 171 kB
moreThomas H. Weller – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Thomas H. Weller’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1954 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: Professor Enders, Professor Robbins and I first would express our deep appreciation and pleasure upon receiving this greatest of honors in the field of Physiology and Medicine. The significance of this award, however, we…
moreFrederick C. Robbins – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1954 The Cultivation of the Poliomyelitis Viruses in Tissue Culture Pdf 171 kB
moreJohn F. Enders – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1954 The Cultivation of the Poliomyelitis Viruses in Tissue Culture Pdf 171 kB
moreOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1955 Refugee Problems and Their Solutions On the tenth of December, fifty-nine years ago, Alfred Bernhard Nobel died in his villa at San Remo in Italy, sixty-three years old. The villa bore the name of “Mio Nido”, and I do not know whether he himself thus christened his house. Perhaps he…
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