Prize for understanding and tolerance
The prize for understanding and tolerance is an international human rights and tolerance prize . Since 2002 the Jewish Museum Berlin, together with the Society of Friends and Patrons of the Jewish Museum Berlin e. V. the annual price for understanding and tolerance. This award honors personalities from business, culture and politics who have made an outstanding contribution to understanding and tolerance.
background
With the undoped prize, donated in 2002, the Jewish Museum Berlin wants to honor "personalities who have made an outstanding contribution to understanding and tolerance". The founders emphasize "the social value of a respectful coexistence of different ethical, cultural and religious groups [...] and remind of the high price that all those involved pay for intolerance".
The award is presented annually at a banquet in which guests from all areas of society participate as donors .
Award winners
- 2002 Berthold Beitz , Heinrich von Pierer
- 2003 Otto Schily , Friede Springer
- 2004 Michael Otto , Johannes Rau
- 2005 Heinz Berggruen , Otto Graf Lambsdorff
- 2006 Daniel Barenboim , Helmut Panke
- 2007 Helmut Kohl , Fritz Stern
- 2008 Roland Berger , Imre Kertész
- 2009 Franz Fehrenbach and Christof Bosch (both as representatives of Bosch ), Michael Verhoeven
- 2010 Jan Philipp Reemtsma , Hubertus Erlen
- 2011 Angela Merkel
- 2012 Klaus Mangold , Richard von Weizsäcker
- 2013 Berthold Leibinger , Iris Berben
- 2014 Wolfgang Schäuble , Hubert Burda
- 2015 W. Michael Blumenthal
- 2016 Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Renate Lasker-Harpprecht , Hasso Plattner
- 2017 Joachim Gauck , Joe Kaeser
- 2018 David Grossman , Susanne Klatten
- 2019 Heiko Maas , Anselm Kiefer
Web links
- Website Jewish Museum Berlin [1]