Helga Tempel
/Overview
Helga Tempel Stolle born Hamburg, Germany January 10, 1932. Quaker pacifist; counselor on conscientious objection. Co-founded Action Group for Nonviolence, 1956; organized pray-in at NATO, 1958; kept 14-day vigil against nuclear weapons, 1958; held 30-day protest against French nuclear tests, 1960. Co-organized first Easter Marches, 1960, & San Francisco to Moscow March, 1961; co-founded World Peace Brigade Beirut, 1962; awarded Olaf Palne Peace Prize, 1988; counseled German soldiers to refuse Balkan War service, 1999; promoted nonviolent peace force.
Quotations
"I am ready to live without the protection of military armaments. I want our county to develop a political policy of peace without weapons." (Stuttgart, 1977 de.Wikipedia; photo http://bit.ly/VuQLYW)