Point Alpha Price
The Point Alpha Prize is awarded for services to the unity of Germany and Europe in peace and freedom. It is awarded by the Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit eV at non-fixed intervals and is endowed with prize money of 25,000 €. The prize is named after the former US observation base and today's Point Alpha memorial on the Hessian inner-German border .
German Unity Board of Trustees
The Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e. V. based in Geisa was founded on June 17, 2003. It sees itself as an association of committed citizens who work for international understanding and want to contribute to the promotion and consolidation of the free and democratic state in Germany.
In addition to the award ceremony, the non-profit association supports scientific projects, publications and events. 13 German personalities belong to the board of trustees. President is Christian Shepherd , Vice President Jürgen Aretz .
Award winners
- 2005: The first prize winners were George HW Bush , Michail Gorbatschow and Helmut Kohl . The award was presented to them on June 17, 2005 in front of 10,000 spectators at Point Alpha between Geisa ( Thuringia ) and Rasdorf ( East Hesse ).
- 2008: On September 30, 2008 the award was given to Václav Havel , the award ceremony was moved to Prague because of his poor health.
- 2009: In 2009 the prize was awarded to the GDR citizens' movement from 1989. The prize money of 25,000 euros goes to the Bürgerbüro e. V. , an association founded by civil rights activists to deal with consequential damage caused by the SED dictatorship. The award ceremony took place on June 17th, the anniversary of the 1953 popular uprising .
- 2010: On June 17, 2010, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt received the award for his "steadfastness in the NATO double decision and for his role in the CSCE process ".
- 2011: The prize was awarded to the former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González on June 18, 2011 . This recognizes his services to the unity of Germany and Europe.
- 2013: Lech Wałęsa
- 2014: Miklós Németh
- 2015: Wolfgang Schäuble
- 2016: Richard Schröder
- 2017: Wolf Biermann
- 2019: Jean-Claude Juncker
literature
- Jürgen Aretz and Christine Lieberknecht : From Gorbatschow to Biermann. The Point Alpha Prize for the unity of Germany and Europe , Klartext Verlag, Essen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8375-1984-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e. V. Taking into account the changes of June 9, 2003 and November 30, 2007. In: pointalpha.com, accessed on April 12, 2017 (PDF; 18 kB).
- ↑ Hirte takes over chairmanship of the German Unity Board of Trustees Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Point Alpha Prize to the GDR citizens' movement ( memento from 23 August 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: mdr Thuringia . Online notification. June 18, 2009, accessed May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Helmut Schmidt receives Point Alpha Prize 2010 . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . Online report under the heading Rhine-Main and Hesse, January 3, 2010, accessed on April 12, 2017.
- ↑ Felipe González. Spain's ex-head of government honored with Point Alpha Prize ( Memento from May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: mdr.de/thueringen. Online notification. June 18, 2011, accessed April 12, 2017.