Overview

• At a Tuesday event in Berlin’s Allianz Forum, the foundation held its first prize ceremony since Margot Friedländer’s death in May.
• The €10,000 main award went to Evangelische Jugendarbeit Wurzen for multi-year work investigating local Nazi crimes.
• The youth group documented about 40 Polish forced laborers who died and were buried in Wurzen, leading to the installation of two memorial stones.
• Additional honors recognized Achava Festspiele Thüringen, content creator Susanne Siegert with the Personality Prize, FC Ente Bagdad, and two schools in Korschenbroich.
• An independent jury chaired by Elke Büdenbender selected winners from 329 submissions, with total prize funding of €25,000.