Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize

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The Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize is a sponsorship award that honors outstanding scientific work on the history of the Jewish citizens of Frankfurt am Main . The prize of the Polytechnic Society Foundation , established in 2008 on the occasion of Rosa Arnsberg's 100th birthday ( Paul Arnsberg was her husband), is endowed with a total of 10,000 euros and is awarded every two years. It is the only science award on Jewish history in Germany.

purpose

The prize is awarded for outstanding academic work on the history of the Jews in Frankfurt and is intended to promote research on the history of Jewish life in the city of Frankfurt am Main. Awards are given to important publications as well as the development and subsequent publication of new scientific papers with findings on this topic.

Award winners

2008

  • Helga Krohn for her research and publication project Jews in Frankfurt am Main from 1945 to the present.
  • André Griemert ( Philipps-Universität Marburg ) for the promotion of the publication of his state paper on the subject of civil improvement of the Jews through schools and education. The Frankfurt philanthropist in the controversy over Jewish emancipation up to 1816.

2010

  • Main prize of 8,000 euros: Andreas Gotzmann ( University of Erfurt ) for his work Jewish Autonomy in the Early Modern Age: Law and Community in German Judaism.
  • Prize of 2000 euros: Benno Nietzel ( University of Cologne ) for his work on the subject of Jewish entrepreneurs from Frankfurt am Main 1924–1964: exclusion, self-assertion, annihilation, coping.

2012

  • Single prize to Verena Kasper-Marienberg for her work 'Before Euer Kayserlichen Mayestät Justiz-Thron': The Frankfurt Jewish community at the Reichshofrat in the Josephine period (1765-1790).

2014

  • First main prize of 5000 euros: Edward Fram (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) for his book A Window on their World: The Court Diaries of Rabbi Hayyim Gundersheim. Frankfurt am Main, 1773-1794.
  • Second main prize of 5000 euros: Stefan Litt (Israeli National Library, Jerusalem) for his work on Jewish municipal statutes from the Ashkenazi cultural area 1650-1850.

2016

  • Main prize of 10,000 euros: Alexandra Klei for her work on Jewish architecture in post-war Germany: the architect Hermann Zvi Guttmann.
  • The Arno Lustiger Prize, awarded for the first time, in the amount of 3,000 euros: David Schnur with his work History of the Jews in Frankfurt am Main and the Wetterau from the beginning until around 1400.

jury

  • Chair: Dr. Mirjam Wenzel (Director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main)
  • Dr. Gad Arnsberg (historian)
  • Dr. Evelyn Brockhoff (Director of the Institute for Urban History)
  • Dr. Roland Kaehlbrandt (Chairman of the Board of the Polytechnic Society Foundation)
  • Walther von Wietzlow † October 18, 2017 (President of the Polytechnische Gesellschaft eV)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Outstanding role. In: fr-online.de . August 15, 2008, accessed December 20, 2014 .
  2. ^ Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize of the Polytechnic Society Foundation. Association of Historians of Germany, February 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize and Arno Lustiger Sponsorship Prize. Flyer of the Polytechnic Society Foundation with information on the award procedure, 2016.
  4. ↑ First award of the Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize. ( Memento from January 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). Central Council of Jews , January 23, 2009.
  5. ↑ Susanne Wegner: Jewish life: Arnsberg Prize for Helga Krohn and André Griemer. In: fr-online.de . January 22, 2009, accessed December 20, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Marburg modern historian honored. University of Marburg, January 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Arnsberg Prize for Professor Andreas Gotzmann ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of the University of Erfurt from August 19, 2010.
  8. ^ Matthias Arning: Jewish life in Frankfurt: Self-preservation with tradition. In: fr-online.de . August 19, 2010, accessed December 20, 2014 .
  9. ↑ In good hands. In: FAZ.net . August 18, 2010, accessed December 20, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Klaus Ring: Address on the award of the Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize 2010 ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Polytechnic Society (PDF; 16 kB).
  11. ^ A b c d e Other operational projects: Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize. Website of the Polytechnic Society Foundation.

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