The Nobel Peace Prize 1917

Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross)

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1917 was awarded to Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) "for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families."

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