Bertha von Suttner

The Nobel Peace Prize 1905

Generalissimo, Peace Movement. Author, ‘Lay Down Your Arms‘. Permanent International Peace Bureau. Vigorously opposed militaristic traditions. Eternal truth: happiness created, developed in peace. Eternal right: individual’s right to live.

“Inform me, convince me, and then I will do something great for the movement”, Alfred Nobel said to Bertha von Suttner.“

Health

Bertha von Suttner was suspected of having cancer. She passed away on 21 June 1914; two months prior to the eruption of World War I, a war regarding which she had warned and struggled to prevent.