Prize for Understanding and Tolerance
Anniversary dinner 2009, Federal President Horst Köhler with award winners Franz Fehrenbach, Michael Verhoeven, and Christof Bosch © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: S. Pietschmann / G. Lopata
Anniversary dinner 2008, the award winners Roland Berger and Imre Kertész with laudators Hildegard Hamm-Brücher and Michael Naumann © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
Anniversary dinner 2007, award winner Helmut Kohl holding his acceptance speech © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
Anniversary dinner 2007, W. Michael Blumenthal, award winner Fritz Stern and laudator Richard C. Holbrooke © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
Anniversary dinner 2006, award winner Helmut Panke holding his acceptance speech © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: eventfotografen.de, Berlin - Basel
Anniversary dinner 2006, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and W. Michael Blumenthal in the Museum foyer © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: eventfotografen.de, Berlin - Basel
Anniversary dinner 2006, Award winner Daniel Barenboim gave a short concert following the award ceremony © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: eventfotografen.de, Berlin - Basel
Anniversary dinner 2005, W. Michael Blumenthal, Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff, who accepted the prize on behalf of his father Otto Graf Lambsdorff (in blessed memory), laudator Salomon Korn © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Stephan Schraps
Anniversary dinner 2005, W. Michael Blumenthal and laudator Michael Naumann present art collector and patron Heinz Berggruen (in blessed memory) with the award © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Stephan Schraps
Anniversary dinner 2004, W. Michael Blumenthal, Christina Rau, who accepted the prize on behalf of her husband, the former Federal President Johannes Rau (in blessed memory), award winner Michael Otto, Kurt Biedenkopf, Gerhard Schröder © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Johannes Eisele
Anniversary dinner 2003, award winner Otto Schily holding his acceptance speech © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
Anniversary dinner 2003, W. Michael Blumenthal, award winner Friede Springer, and laudator Richard von Weizäcker © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Henry H. Herrmann
Anniversary dinner 2002, W. Michael Blumenthal, Else Beitz, and award winner Berthold Beitz © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Stephan Schraps
The color scheme of award sculpture reflects that of the Jewish Museum Berlin: The silver gray relates to the zinc-titanium façade of the Libeskind Building while the red can be found in the Museum logo. © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
The color scheme of award sculpture reflects that of the Jewish Museum Berlin: The silver gray relates to the zinc-titanium façade of the Libeskind Building while the red can be found in the Museum logo. © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Bildschön
"Tolerance is […] anything but arbitrariness. Tolerance is the ability to engage in wholehearted dialog, to accept the differing opinions of others, and to see them as enrichment."
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
(From the laudation for the prize winner Helmut Panke on 18 November 2006)
Two millennia of German-Jewish history illustrate the societal worth of treating one another with respect regardless of ethical, cultural, and religious values, and remind of the high price of intolerance for all involved.
In this vein, the Jewish Museum Berlin began in 2002 to honor individuals who have promoted tolerance and understanding in an exceptional way. The presentation of the "Prize for Understanding and Tolerance" is traditionally made at a gala dinner to which the Museum invites numerous friends and guests from the worlds of politics, business, culture, and the media. The proceeds of these evenings go towards the Museum’s educational programs for children and young people.
The following people have been awarded the Jewish Museum Berlin "Prize for Understanding and Tolerance": Berthold Beitz, Chairman of the Curatorium of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation, and Heinrich von Pierer, former Chairman of the Siemens Board (2002); the former Federal Minister for Internal Affairs Otto Schily and the publisher Friede Springer (2003); the entrepreneur Michael Otto and former Federal President Johannes Rau, who died in 2006 (2004); the art collector and patron Heinz Berggruen, who died in 2007, and the politician Otto Graf Lambsdorff (2005); General Music Director of the Berlin State Opera Daniel Barenboim and BMW manager Helmut Panke (2006); former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the historian Fritz Stern (2007); corporate consultant Roland Berger and the Hungarian Nobel Laureate in Literature Imre Kertész (2008); and most recently Franz Fehrenbach, chairman of the board of management of the Robert Bosch GmbH, and Christof Bosch, representative of the family and member of the board of trustees of the Robert Bosch Foundation GmbH, who accepted the prize on behalf of the Bosch group, and the film director Michael Verhoeven (2009).
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