The Nobel Peace Prize 1947

Friends Service Council (The Quakers)

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Prize share: 1/2

American Friends Service Committee (The Quakers)

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1947 was awarded jointly to Friends Service Council (The Quakers) and American Friends Service Committee (The Quakers) "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations."

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