Carl von Ossietzky Memorial, Berlin

Carl von Ossietzky (Hamburg, October 3, 1889 – May 4, 1938 in Berlin) was a radical German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize. He was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931 after publishing details of Germany's alleged violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the Luftwaffe and training pilots in the Soviet Union. In 1990 his daughter, Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm, called for a resumption of proceedings, but the complaint she filed was finally rejected by the German Supreme Court in 1992. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1669x2305, 1817 KB) Carl von Ossitzky, selbst fotografiert gemeinfrei Beschreibung: Carl von Ossietzky-Denkmal in der Ossietzky-Str. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1669x2305, 1817 KB) Carl von Ossitzky, selbst fotografiert gemeinfrei Beschreibung: Carl von Ossietzky-Denkmal in der Ossietzky-Str. ... Hamburgs central promenade Jungfernstieg on the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... -1... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pacifism is opposition to war. ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ... Espionage is the practice of obtaining secrets (spying) from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage. ... The areas marked in yellow were removed from the control of Germany, or demiliterised (The Rhineland). ... The Luftwaffe â–¶(?) (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... This article is about the year. ... The Bundesgerichtshof or BGH (German for federal court) is the highest Germany for civil and criminal lawsuits. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Despite his failure to finish high school, Ossietzky succeeded in embarking on a career in journalism, with the topics of his articles ranging from theatre criticism to feminism and the problems of early motorization. He later said that his opposition to German militarism during the final years of the Hohenzollern empire under Wilhelm II led him, as early as 1913, to become a pacifist. That year he married Maud Lichfield-Wood from England, and they had one daughter. During the years of the Weimar Republic (1918 – 1933), his political commentaries gained him a reputation as a fervent supporter of democracy and a pluralistic society. Also, he became secretary of the German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft). In 1927 he became the successor to Kurt Tucholsky as editor-in-chief of the periodical Die Weltbühne. Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Militarism expounds that the foundation of a societys security is its military capacity, and claims that the development and maintenance of the military to ensure that capacity is the most important goal for that society. ... Aerial view of the castle, Hohenzollern, Germany. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (German Weimarer Republik, IPA: []). It is named after the city of Weimar where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German Monarchy and German Empire were abolished following the nations... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft) was founded in 1892. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (Berlin, January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935 in Gothenburg) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. ... Die Weltbühne (english: the World Stage) was a German weekly magazine focused on politics, art, and business. ...

Ossietzky had been a constant warning voice for many years when, in January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor and the Nazi dictatorship began. Even then, Ossietzky was one of a very small group of public figures who continued to speak out against the Nazi party. On 28 February 1933, after the Reichstag fire, he was arrested. Wilhelm von Sternburg, one of Ossietzky´s biographers, surmises that if he had had a few more days left, he would surely have joined the vast majority of writers who fled the country. In short, Ossietzky had underestimated the speed with which the Nazis would go about ridding the country of unwanted political opponents. He was detained at the concentration camp Esterwegen near Oldenburg, among other camps. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... â–¶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Reichstag fire was a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. ... Prior to and during World War II Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (Konzentrationslager or KZ) throughout the territory it controlled. ... Oldenburg (Low Saxon: Ollnborg) is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

Ossietzky's rise to fame began in 1936 when, already suffering from a serious illness which was not being treated, he was awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nazis had been unable to prevent this, but they now refused to release him so that he could have travelled to Oslo. In a remarkable act of civil disobedience, Ossietzky issued a note from the hospital saying that he disagreed with the authorities who had stated that by accepting the prize he would cast himself outside the deutsche Volksgemeinschaft (community of German people): 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... It has been suggested that Civil and social disobedience be merged into this article or section. ...

Nach längerer Überlegung bin ich zu dem Entschluß gekommen, den mir zugefallenen Friedensnobelpreis anzunehmen. Die mir von dem Vertreter des Geheimen Staatspolizeiamtes vorgetragene Anschauung, daß ich mich damit aus der deutschen Volksgemeinschaft ausschließe, vermag ich nicht zu teilen. Der Nobelpreis für den Frieden ist kein Zeichen des innern politischen Kampfes sondern der Verständigung zwischen den Völkern. Als Träger des Preises werde ich mich bemühen, diese Verständigung zu fördern und als Deutscher werde ich stets den berechtigten Interessen Deutschlands in Europa Rechnung tragen.

After much consideration I have made the decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize which has fallen to me. I do not happen to share the view put forward to me by the representatives of the Secret State Police that in doing so I exclude myself from German society. The Nobel Peace Prize is not a sign of an internal political struggle, but of understanding between peoples. As a recipient of the prize, I will do my best to encourage this understanding and as a German I will always bear in mind Germany's justifiable interests in Europe.

In May 1936 he was sent to the police hospital in Berlin because of his serious tuberculosis. He died in Berlin's hospital Nordend, still in police custody, on May 4, 1938 of tuberculosis and from the after-effects of the abuse he suffered in the concentration camps. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... -1...

The University of Oldenburg is named Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg after him. The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg is a university in Oldenburg, Germany. ...

Further reading

• Burger, Felix: Carl von Ossietzky (Zürich, 1937)
• Singer, Kurt: Carl von Ossietzky: Fredshelten i Koncentrationslejren (1937) (online text, in Danish)
• Sternburg, Wilhelm von: "Es ist eine unheimliche Stimmung in Deutschland." Carl von Ossietzky und seine Zeit (Berlin: Aufbau Verlag, 1996).

External links

• Nobel biography