Alfred Fried
Source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hermann Fried
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Alfred Fried 🇦🇹

Alfred Hermann Fried
["Pacifist", "Publicist", "Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1911"]
Born Nov 11, 1864 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Passed Away May 05, 1921 Vienna, Austria
Lifespan 56 years old
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"War is not a biological necessity; it is a remediable breakdown of international organization."

Archival Overview

Austrian pacifist author and publisher who co-founded the German Peace Society alongside Bertha von Suttner, edited 'Die Friedens-Warte', and was awarded the 1911 Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific theory of international organizational pacifism.

Biographical Record

Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921) abandoned a career in bookselling to become Europe's leading pacifist journalist. In 1892, he co-founded the German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft), establishing local peace organizations across Central Europe.

Fried pioneered 'scientific pacifism', arguing that war was an archaic symptom of international international anarchy that could only be cured through institutional economic interdependence, arbitration tribunals, and an international league of states. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911, his blueprints anticipated the League of Nations.

Key Life Milestones

1892

Founding of the German Peace Society

Established the primary pacifist organization across the German-speaking world.

1911

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Honored with Tobias Asser for intellectual leadership in international arbitration and peace organization.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Feuerhalle Simmering
Vienna, Austria
GPS: 48.1589, 16.4419
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