🕊️ Peace · Georges Pire

Monday, November 10, 1958 All day

Dominique Pire, O.P. was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958. The Nobel Peace Prize 1958, announced November 10, 1958. Georges Pire, “for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity”. Georges Pire: born 1910, Dinant, Belgium. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).

🕊️ Peace · Georges Pire