Nobel Prize? Nein!
Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky, photographed at the Esterwegen-Papenburg concentration camp in Germany, 1935.
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-93516-0010
Hitler reappears on our list, this time for his dislike of Nobel Prizes. The awards earned his ire after German journalist Carl von Ossietzky, a vocal critic of Hitler, was given the 1935 peace prize. Hitler subsequently barred all Germans from accepting a Nobel Prize and created the German National Prize for Art and Science as an alternative. Although Richard Kuhn (1938, chemistry), Adolf Butenandt (1939, chemistry), and Gerhard Domagk (1939, physiology or medicine) were forced to decline their Nobel awards, the men later received their diplomas and medals.
zur Hausen, Harald
Harald zur Hausen, 2008.
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In 2008 Harald zur Hausen received the prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery of the human papilloma virus (HPV) and its link to cervical cancer. The problem? AstraZeneca, which produced HPV vaccines, sponsored the Nobel Prize Web site. In addition, two members of the panel that selected zur Hausen had ties to AstraZeneca. Although no wrongdoing was ever uncovered, the perceived conflict of interest drew criticism.
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