Overview

• President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented Margot Friedländer with the Grand Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany on May 2, 2025.
• The Grand Cross is the highest civilian honor the German president can bestow, recognizing Friedländer's unyielding commitment to educating about the Holocaust.
• Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor who endured the Theresienstadt concentration camp, lost her entire family during the Nazi regime.
• In 2023, she founded the Margot-Friedländer-Stiftung to continue witness work and promote education through a prize in her name.
• Steinmeier praised her moral authority, highlighting her appeals for humanity and dignity as a guiding force against hate and extremism.