The recommendation came from Erik Gottfrid Christian Brandt, a social democratic member of the Swedish parliament. Members of national assemblies are among the many people who can nominate candidates for the Peace Prize.
At the time, the suggestion generated protests and outrage, with Brandt accused of being a fascist and reportedly banned from lecturing at several associations. Brandt was an anti-fascist, and had meant the letter to be ironic. As he reportedly said in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Svenska Morgonposten, he had meant it as a commentary on the nomination of Neville Chamberlain, then prime minister of Great Britain, which he thought was undeserved, and also sought to provoke Hitler and the Nazis.
Angered b y the prestigious prize being awarded to his outspoken critic Carl von Ossietzky in , he had banned all Germans from accepting the award.
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Published March 5, This article is more than 2 years old. Researcher Stefan Dietrich described the letters, saying: "It was probably not unlike that scene in The Godfather - Hitler probably made her an offer she couldn't refuse.
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