Organize The World

NGO COMMITTEE ON PEACE, VIENNA invites :

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION MEETING

on

ALFRED HERMANN FRIED (1864-1921),
“ORGANIZE THE WORLD”

Date: Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Time: 15.00 hours
Place: Vienna International Centre,
M-Building, Room M OE 19

Speaker:

Mag. phil. Bernhard Tuider

Librarian in the Department of Planned Languages and
Esperanto Museum of the Austrian National Library

Alfred Hermann Fried was one of the most prominent pacifist writers before
the First World War. After becoming aware of the organized peace movement
in 1891, he left his job as a bookseller and devoted himself to the
pacifism as a journalist and writer. His reputation as one of the leading
pacifists emerged after The First Hague Conference of 1899. This
reputation was especially based on editing the journal “Die
Friedens-Warte” and the formulation of a scientific pacifistic concept –
the “revolutionary pacifism”. As an approval for his work he was honored
with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911 and with the honorary doctorate of the
University of Leiden in 1913. From 1891 until 1914 Fried cooperated
intensively with Bertha von Suttner, who appreciated his effort very much.

Guests are welcome!

Access to VIC:

A VIC grounds pass is required to enter the Vienna International Centre.

Recipients of this invitation, or their guests, who do not hold a VIC grounds pass,
are kindly requested to register by sending an email
with their full name to reno@wvnet.at

Deadline for registration: 6 November 2011

Registered participants will be included in a list held by UN security at the main gate
of the VIC. Please present this invitation along with a valid ID or passport at Gate 1 of
the VIC. Please consider that formalities at Gate 1 may take time
and kindly arrive sufficiently in advance of the meeting.

The VIC, 1220 Wien, Wagramer Strasse 5, is best reached by U1
(Kaisermühlen/Vienna International Centre).