What is Carl von Ossietzky?
{{Infobox person | name = Carl von Ossietzky | image = Carl von Ossietzky.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Portrait of Carl von Ossietzky taken in 1915 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|10|03|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hamburg]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|5|04|1889|10|03|df=y}} | death_place = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]] | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Journalist, political activist | awards = 1935 Nobel Peace Prize | alma_mater = | spouse = Maud Lichfield-Wood | nationality = [[Germany|German]] }} {{nobelprize|Peace}}'''Carl von Ossietzky''' (3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Journalism|journalist]] and [[Pacifism|peacemaker]]. He was awarded the 1935 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] because he exposed the secret German re-armament. He was [[:wikt:convict|convicted]] of [[treason]] and [[Espionage|spying]] afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8192385/Nobel-Peace-Prize-echoes-of-1936-when-Hitler-barred-von-Ossietzky.html|title=Nobel Peace Prize: echoes of 1936 when Hitler barred von Ossietzky|date=10 December 2010|last=Moore|first=Malcolm|website=The Telegraph|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1935/ossietzky-bio.html Nobel prize biography] {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ossietzky, Carl Von}} [[Category:1889 births]] [[Category:1938 deaths]] [[Category:German Nobel Prize winners]]