Dominique Pire
Belgian Dominican friar (1910-1969) · Belgium · Religious Figures · Died at 58
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Something wrong?A Belgian Dominican friar who turned post-war refugee work into a Nobel Prize in 1958. The attention came from what he built in the rubble: practical aid structures when Europe was still sorting its displaced millions.
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12-12-1958 15608 Pater Georges Pire (5819273394)
Aankomst van Pater Pire op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 911-4905
Aankomst van Pater Pire op Schiphol, Pater Pire in de aankomsthal, Bestanddeelnr 911-4908
Aankomst van Pater Pire op Schiphol, Pater Pire op het platform, Bestanddeelnr 911-4907
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About this person
Born Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire on 10 February 1910, he entered the Dominican order and took the name Dominique. After World War II ended, he focused on refugees scattered across Europe - the stateless, the waiting, the ones no country wanted. That work, concrete and sustained, brought him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. In December of that year he delivered his Nobel lecture, "Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace." He died on 30 January 1969.
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