By Noah Rayman @noahrayman
This is the story of the "long-ailing, wornout, beaten
Nobelman" Carl von Ossietzky
In some years, and this year was no exception, there is no
obvious choice for the Nobel Peace Prize. Speculators can guess, pundits can
argue, but ultimately the Norwegian committee’s decision — if there is one —
comes as a surprise to many.
In 1935, however, the choice seemed obvious. The plight of
Carl von Ossietzky, a journalist and socialist activist held in a Nazi
concentration camp, had drawn international attention.