The Nobel Prize was created in 1885 by Swedish inventor Alfred Bernhard Nobel (invented dynamite).  Awards are given in the following categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.  The winner earns a laureate, a gold medal, a diploma, and money.  In 2009, 10 Million SEK (Swedish Krona) was given to each winner.  This is about 1.5 million US dollars.  The amount of money depends on the income of the Nobel Foundation for the year.  On January 31, 1937, Hitler issued a decree that banned all Germans from accepting the Nobel Prize.  This was in response to German Carl Von Ossietzky, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature through works criticizing Hitler and Nazis.  Hitler was just pissed that he couldn’t win a Nobel Prize…unless they awarded a Nobel Prize for Being a Total Bitch.