Silver shoe

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The Silver Shoe is an award for courageously taking up xenophobia and discrimination. The prize has been awarded since 2004 by the Solingen Alliance for Tolerance and Moral Courage , which was founded on November 9, 2000 - the anniversary of the Reichspogromnacht - under the impression of the Solingen assassination attempt .

The alliance includes:

  • Working Group of Christian Churches
  • League of Welfare
  • Youth Councilor
  • City Youth Association
  • German Trade Union Confederation
  • Solingen Sports Association
  • Representative from the Solingen school management team
  • Representative of the Immigration and Integration Council
  • Representative of initiatives
  • Representative of the Turkish-Islamic associations
  • Representative of the Solingen Police Department
  • Integration officer

Award winners

  • 2013: Heinz Siering, founder and head of the youth welfare workshop, Heinz Siering, as well as the initiator and creator of the memorial at the Mildred Scheel School. The Solingen alliance "Colorful instead of brown" receives a certificate of honor
  • 2012: Uli Preuss, for his commitment in the war for injured children in Friedensdorf International; Special award to Werner Böwing , pacifist and trade unionist, for his life's work for peace and against all forms of militarism and for his commitment in Solingen
  • 2011: Working group White Rose of the Geschwister-Scholl-Comprehensive School Solingen
  • 2010: Hasan Özkan, who, as imam of the Ditib mosque, was particularly committed to the young people in Solingen-Wald and to the successful move of the Ditib mosque to the center of Solingen-Wald
  • 2009: Annette Baumgarten, who gives private tuition to children and young people with a migration background at home
  • 2008: Christel Gottschalk, who supports young women with a migration background
  • 2007: Working group “Jewish cemetery” of the comprehensive school in Solingen
  • 2006: Helmut Eckermann, long-time campaigner for Amnesty International and committed citizen who campaigns for refugees in Solingen
  • 2005: Christian-Islamic discussion group that has been involved in interreligious dialogue for more than 20 years and for a deeper understanding of the similarities between religions
  • 2004: Holger Müller, who resisted an instruction from his boss not to employ Turkish women anymore

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silver Shoe 2013 - Prize winners are Heinz Siering and "Bunt statt Braun" on solingen.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.solingen.de
  2. ↑ Silver shoe for Imam Özkan on rp-online.de v. May 27, 2010

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