Alfred Hermann Fried (November 11, 1864 in Vienna, Austria- May 5, 1921 in Vienna), was an Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, and winner (with Tobias Asser) of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1911.
He was one of the fathers of the idea of a modern organization to assure world-wide peace (the principal idea was fulfilled in the League of Nations and after the Second World War in the UNO).
Fried was a prominent member of the Esperanto-movement.
AlfredFried was born on November 11, 1864 in Vienna, Austria.
Fried is considered to be one of the first people to promote the idea of a worldwide peace organization (a few years later this inspiration would develop into the League of Nations).
Fried was also a member of the Bern Peace Bureau and secretary of the International Coalition of Central Europe.
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