Ossietzky

American  

[aw-see-ets-kee] / ˌɔ siˈɛts ki /

noun

1. Carl von 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.

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Ossietzky British  

/ ˌɒsɪˈɛtskɪ /

noun

1. Carl von (karl fɔn). 1889–1938, German pacifist leader. He was imprisoned for revealing Germany's secret rearmament (1931–32) and again under Hitler (1933–36): Nobel peace prize 1935

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Example Sentences

Archivists at Britain’s National Archives and a research team at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany are working on a joint project to sort, catalog and digitize the collection, which gives a nuanced portrait of private lives, international commerce and state power in an age of rising empires.

From New York Times

“You find so many individual voices by men, women — children, even — who speak, not as a colonial administrator, but as a person abroad,” said Dagmar Freist, a historian at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg who directs the Prize Papers Project.

From New York Times

Byalyatski is the fourth person to win the Nobel Peace Prize while in detention, after Germany's Carl von Ossietzky in 1935, China's Liu Xiaobo in 2010 and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest, in 1991.

From Reuters

Despite a campaign to set him free, the government refused to release Ossietzky, who was ill with tuberculosis.

From Seattle Times

According to biographical notes on the Nobel website, Ossietzky was barred from traveling to Norway to accept the award and was kept under surveillance at a civilian hospital until his death in 1938.

From Seattle Times