Quidde, a German active in political life,
Exemplified the reasons he should receive the prize.
He was President of the German Peace Society when rife
Anti-Semitism and hatred were on a rampant rise.
Early, he stood a pistol-duel against anti-Jewish hate,
Wrote against German armament build-ups. He dared
To write what others would not – those too scared.
“Let them hate, as long as they fear,” he cited Caligula’s state
In Rome – to point to Germany’s dangerously increasing malice.
In the Reichstad when war broke out, he immediately sought Peace.
Later, he lost his citizenship after describing the Nazis as
“A gang of robbers, murderers, arsonists and torturers.”
Forced into exile in Switzerland when Hitler’s time came to be,
He donated some of his prize money to others forced to flee.
June Edvenson 