Oslo, November 1954. "Albert Schweitzer, who came to Oslo Nov 2, to acknowledge …, 1954...

Oslo, November 1954. "Albert Schweitzer, who came to Oslo Nov 2, to acknowledge the peace prize with the mandatory Nobel speech, must have felt the heat flowing against him from the moment he set foot on the platform on the eastern track. Outside the station. It was almost as crowded as when a sports star comes home. People needed to catch a glimpse of this great humanist from Africa's primeval forest, the man who waived the glorious career he rich intellectual and artistic equipment had secured him, to fight Against illness and misery among primitive people under the Equator's sun. ... Rarely or never has the Nobel Committee made a choice that has appealed to the extent to the hearts. " The picture: Just a few hours after his arrival in Oslo, Albert Schweitzer held a press conference at the Grand Hotel, and conquered the press people