He was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931 after publishing details of Germany's alleged violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding an air force, the predecessor of the Luftwaffe, and training pilots in the Soviet Union.
Carl von Ossietzky was born in Hamburg, though his father, a civil servant, had originally come from a village near the German-Polish border. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work exposing the clandestine German re-armament.
In 1990 his daughter, Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm, called for a resumption of proceedings, but the verdict was upheld by the Federal Court of Justice in 1992.
To many, he was a true hero, especially by winning an award that most people will never ever get to see on their hands.
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