Fact Check: 1939 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hitler Was NOT Serious -- Nominator Described It As 'Irony'
Fact Check
Was Adolf Hitler nominated as a serious candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939? No, that is missing context: The Nobel websites state that the nomination was not meant to be taken seriously and was withdrawn five days after it was made. According to the nominator, a Swedish anti-fascist, the nomination was intended as irony "to shame" Hitler "as…