- Margot Friedländer Prize under new direction
The Margot Friedlaender Prize, named after the time witness and Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender (102), will be awarded for the first time in 2024 by the Friedlaender Foundation established last year. The prize aims to honor individuals or groups who actively promote tolerance and combat antisemitism or anti-democratic sentiments in schools, universities, civil initiatives, associations, or businesses, as stated in a press release. The award ceremony is scheduled for November in Berlin.
Remembrance, Awareness, Humanity
Born in Berlin in 1921 as a Jewish German, Friedlaender was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1944 by the Nazis. She was the sole survivor of her family. After over six decades in New York exile, Friedlaender returned to Berlin at the age of 88. She continues to actively advocate for remembrance, awareness, freedom, democracy, and humanity.
The Margot Friedlaender Prize was awarded by the Schwarzkopf Foundation together with Friedlaender from 2014 to 2023 to young people who engaged with the Holocaust and its consequences through projects.
The prize, endowed with 25,000 euros, has been redesigned. It can now be awarded without age restrictions to individuals or group initiatives. The prize money is intended to support the continuation of the recipients' engagement.
The first time the Margot Friedlaender Prize, which encourages tolerance and combats antisemitism, will be awarded independently by the Friedlaender Foundation, is in 2024. Recipients of the award, endowed with 25,000 euros, will continue their initiatives to promote humanity and democracy, following in the footsteps of Margot Friedlaender.
