Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire (February 10, 1910 ￢ﾀﾓ January 30, 1969) was a Belgian Dominican monk whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958.
Pire became a Dominican monk, taking his final vows in 1932 and took up the name of "Dominique Pire". He then studied theology and the social sciences at the Dominican University in Rome, receiving his doctorate in theology in 1934, and ...
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Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire (February 10, 1910 ￢ﾀﾓ January 30, 1969) was a Belgian Dominican monk whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958.
Pire became a Dominican monk, taking his final vows in 1932 and took up the name of "Dominique Pire". He then studied theology and the social sciences at the Dominican University in Rome, receiving his doctorate in theology in 1934, and returned to the monastery of La Sarthe, in Huy, Belgium where he engaged himself in helping out the poor families in gaining dignity. During the second world war, Pire served as chaplain for the Belgian resistance and actively participated, helping to smuggle Allied pilots out of the country, for instance. He received several medals for this service after the war.
In 1949, he began studying issues relating to postwar refugees (Displaced Persons (DP)) and wrote a book about them by the title Du Rhin au Danube avec 60,000 D. P.. He founded an...
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