Radebeul Courage Prize

Since 2004, the Radebeul Courage Prize has been awarded to people, initiatives or projects who have shown civil society commitment and courage in selected regions of Europe, especially Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, under difficult conditions. The prerequisite is that they "create peace, create justice, socially and ecologically responsible, act as a role model for civic engagement in a civil society".

The prize is awarded in a European dimension, which, in addition to the cash prize endowed with 5,000 euros, mainly consists of a two-year accompaniment of the prize winner, which is intended to give him international media attention and a certain protection in his home country. In addition, the Courage Prize is awarded in a regional dimension.

The courage stone for Alexander Sacharkin in the ground in front of the Radebeul town hall

history

Memorial plaque for the armistice of Kötzschenbroda

The official award of the prize has been taking place every two years since 2004 on August 27th, the date of the Kötzschenbroda armistice on August 27th ^July./ 6th September 1645 ^greg.. On this date the Thirty Years' War between Saxony and Sweden ended earlier than in any other place, which saved many lives at the time. The place of award, the Kötzschenbrodaer Friedenskirche , is also in this tradition, as the armistice agreement was signed in their parish hall .

A second date is also important: on November 9th , the fateful day of the Germans , the honorary stones dedicated to the award winners are placed in front of the Radebeul town hall and unveiled in a public ceremony, to which award winner Alexander Sacharkin again traveled from Siberia in 2008 was. The organizing association radebeuler couragepreis eV not only deliberately refers to the events of 1918 ( November Revolution ) and 1989 ( fall of the Wall ), but also encourages bourgeois courage in view of the November pogroms in 1938 , especially the so-called Reichskristallnacht from November 9th to 10th.

The sponsoring association includes the Friedenskirchgemeinde as well as individual citizens who feel committed to this cause, supported by the city of Radebeul , which is represented by its Lord Mayor Bert Wendsche and the Second Mayor Christian Werner. In 2008, the nine-member jury was supported by experts from Eastern Europe.

No courage prizes were awarded in 2012. However, on the 367th anniversary of the peace treaty in Kötzschenbroda in August 2012 , the Saxon State Center for Political Education awarded the Friedenskirche zu Radebeul as another political location in Saxony from 2011, after the Großenhainer Karl Preusker Library was honored in May .

The international award winners

Courage stones are embedded in the ground in front of the entrance portal of the town hall

2017: Elena Mircea (Romania)
2014: Johannes Halmen (Romania)
2010: Olga Karatch from Belarus for her commitment to more legal security in her country
2008: Surgutneftegas union founder Alexander Sacharkin from Surgut in Siberia
- Other candidates were Sergei Isajew and the Human Rights Commission in Perm and Alexej Korol and his Belarusian opposition newspaper Neue Zeit from Minsk
2006: Roman Juschkov , Russian civil rights activist from Perm
2004: Oleg Woltschek , Belarusian human rights lawyer from Minsk

The regional award winners

This prize is given to courageous people who come from the Radebeul region or who show civil society commitment in Radebeul.

2017: Ingrid Lewek, Wolfgang Tarnowski: Authors of the work Jews in Radebeul
2014: Steffen Richter (Pirna)
2010: Martin Rotbarth for his help in catching a robber and Thomas Berndt for developing a concept for the day of commemoration of the victims of National Socialism on January 27th
2008: Barbara Thiel, an engineer from Radebeul, who is currently working as an expert in water management and control in the Jordan Valley , for her decades of efforts to combat grievances in her own country and in the world
2006: 2 students from the Luisenstift high school in Radebeul received special recognition .

As part of a school project, they dealt with the work of the NPD in Saxony. To do this, they accompanied and interviewed an NPD member of the state parliament and created a video documentation from it

2004: the works council chairwoman of the former Degussa plant in Radebeul, Bärbel Starke, on behalf of the works council and the workforce fighting for their jobs

Fonts

Ulfrid Kleinert, David Schmidt (ed. On behalf of the radebeuler couragepreis ev): Troublemaker and peacemaker - Radebeul awards the Couragepreis 2008 . Notschriftenverlag, Radebeul 2008. ISBN 978-3-940200-27-3 .

Ulfrid Kleinert (publisher on behalf of the radebeuler couragepreis ev): Show your face - Radebeul awards the Couragepreis 2006 . Notschriftenverlag, Radebeul 2006. ISBN 3-933753-98-8 .

Ulfrid Kleinert (publisher on behalf of the radebeuler couragepreis ev): With courage and understanding - Radebeul awards the couragepreis 2004 . Notschriftenverlag, Radebeul 2004. ISBN 3-933753-68-6 .

Web links

Homepage

Individual evidence

↑ Quote from the association

↑ “Why we are laying the stones for Radebeul's Courage Prize winners in front of the town hall on November 9th” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Speech on the occasion of the unveiling of the stones on November 9, 2008 in front of the Radebeul town hall; by Ulfrid Kleinert, chairman of the radebeul couragepreisverein@1@ 2

^ Volksbücherei and Friedenskirche - The Political Places 2011 in the district of Meißen . In: Saxon State Center for Political Education (Hrsg.): Newsletter . No. 3/2012 . Dresden June 8, 2012, p. 14 ( archive.org [PDF; accessed February 3, 2013]).

^ Kötzschenbroda: Award for the Friedenskirche . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden August 30, 2012.

↑ ^a ^b Radebeuler Official Journal 10/2017, p. 3.

↑ Ulfrid Kleinert: Radebeuler Official Journal 07/2007, page 17 (PDF; 410 kB)

[1] Quote from the association