What is Alfred Hermann Fried?
[[File:Alfred Hermann Fried nobel.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Alfred Hermann Fried in about 1912]] {{nobelprize|Peace}}'''Alfred Hermann Fried''' (November 11, 1864 &ndash; May 5, 1921) was an [[Austria]]n Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the [[Germany|German]] peace movement, and winner (with [[Tobias Asser]]) of the [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize for Peace]] in 1911. Fried was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]] on November 11, 1864.<ref>[http://www.nobel-winners.com/Peace/alfred_fried.html About Alfred Hermann Fried]</ref> Fried left school at the age of 15 and started to work in a bookshop. In 1883 he moved to [[Berlin]], where he opened a bookshop of his own in 1887. In 1892 he was a co-founder of the [[German Peace Society]] ({{lang-de|Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft}}). He was one of the fathers of the idea of a modern organisation to assure worldwide peace (the principal idea was fulfilled in the [[League of Nations]] and after the [[World War II|Second World War]] in the [[United Nations]]). Fried was a prominent member of the [[Esperanto]]-movement. In 1903 he published the book ''{{lang|de|Lehrbuch der internationalen Hilfssprache Esperanto}}'' (''Textbook of the International Language of Esperanto''). In 1911 he received the Nobel Peace Prize together with Tobias Asser. During the [[World War I|First World War]] he lived in [[Switzerland]]. Fried died in Vienna on May 5, 1921, aged 56. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.geocities.com/peace_888grom/fried-bio.html Alfred Hermann Fried (November 11, 1864 – May 5, 1921)] ([https://www.webcitation.org/5kmWxAKmp Archived] 2009-10-25) *[http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1911/fried-bio.html Nobel biography] {{Nobel Peace Prize}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fried, Alfred Hermann}} [[Category:1864 births]] [[Category:1921 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian Jews]] [[Category:Austrian journalists]] [[Category:Esperantists]] [[Category:Jewish activists]] [[Category:Jewish Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Jewish writ