Overview

• The €10,000 Hauptpreis went to Evangelische Jugendarbeit Wurzen for multi-year research into local Nazi crimes, including uncovering burials of around 40 Polish forced laborers and establishing two memorial stones.
• Additional honorees included Achava Festspiele Thüringen for its Jewish‑intercultural education program, FC Ente Bagdad for integrative community sport, content creator Susanne Siegert with the Personality Prize, and Realschule and Gymnasium Korschenbroich with the School Prize.
• The foundation presented the awards at Berlin’s Allianz Forum, signaling continued commitment to Holocaust education, tolerance, humanity, freedom and democracy after Friedländer’s death in May 2025.
• An independent jury chaired by jurist Elke Büdenbender selected the five recipients from 329 submissions.
• Siegert educates young audiences about Nazi crimes on social platforms and reaches more than 400,000 followers.