| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 29 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Alfred Ploetz |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1940 |
| Profession: | Biologist (eugenics) |
| City: | Munich |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Motivation: | Ploetz was the founder of racial hygiene in Germany. He was nominated because he issued a warning against the biological consequences that war inflicted upon human reproduction.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Erling Bjørnson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
Bjørnson later contacted the Nobel Committee by phone, informing them that the nomination was supposed to have been signed by his colleague Alf Mjøen as well.
Erling Bjørnson was son of Bjørnstjerne Björnson who had been a member of the Nobel Committee (1897-1906). |
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