Berlingske svinede pacifist til
Historien er 80 år gammel, da den tyske pacifist og journalist Carl von Ossietzky var udset til at få Nobels fredspris, mens han sad i KZ-lejr. Herhjemme forsøgte Weekendavisen, der dengang hed Berlingske Aftenavis, med meget beskidte kneb at forhindre dette, genfortæller avisen nu langt om længe selv.
Også den kontroversielle forfatter Knut Hamsun angreb Ossietzky for at være landsforræder, hvilket startede en voldsom diskussion i Norge, hvor Nordahl Grieg og mange andre intellektuelle forsvarede Ossietzky. De tyske ledere Joseph Goebbels og Hermann Göring reagerede meget forskelligt. Goebbels erklærede, at landsforræderen skulle halshugges, mens Göring blev nervøs for udlandets voldsomme interesse. Göring fik den stærkt svækkede fange overført til sygehus og tilbød uden held frihed og pension, hvis Ossietzky ville fraskrive sig fredsprisen.
Nobelkomiteen var selv stærkt i tvivl, og havde i 1935 nedstemt Ossietzky i fuld enighed. Den mente ikke at Ossietzky indsats for at afsløre, at Tyskland oprustede i strid med Versailles-traktaten, var nok til en fredspris. Undervejs forlod norskeparlamentarikere komiteen, så den norske stat ikke kom i direkte konflikt medtyskerne. Tyskland pressede hårdt på, og sørgede for at der dukkedeflere modstridende artikler op i pressen, samt arrangerede konferencen "Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Nationalisten" i Nobelinstituttets egne lokaler i Oslo.
Berlingske Aftenavis bragte nu et stort opsat "interview" med Ossietzky, der blev citeret for at have det så godt under Hitler, at han nu helt fraskrev sig pacifismen, var blevet nazist og lígefrem heilede til afsked. Berlingske havde købt interviewet af en dansk journalist, der siden arbejdede videre for nazistiske tidsskrifter, og udgav en hyldestbiografi om Hitler. Meningen med absurditeten var naturligvis, at Nobelkomiteen ikke kunne give Fredsprisen til den nu "erklærede nazist" Ossietzky. Komiteen fandt dog hurtigt ud af, at Berlingskes interview var rent opspind, og gav ham alligevel prisen i 1936
Reaktionen fra Berlingske Aftenavis på dette var nu mere afdæmpet, mens Jyllands-Posten naturligvis hånede fredsprisen til Ossietzky, der "så sin hovedopgave i at rive ned på alle nationale traditioner og folkelige værdier" - en argumentation, der fortsat trives om ham i tilsvarende højreekstreme kredse. Ossietzky kunne ikke selv modtage prisen, da han fortsat var i sikkerhedspolitiets varetægt, og døde to år efter af sygdom fra sit ophold i kz-lejren. Dette var første gang, at Nobelkomiteen gav fredsprisen til en fredsaktivist i et diktatur.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - januar 2016
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.
Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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