"The Paul Spiegel Award for civic courage of the Jewish Council in 2011 awarded to the couple Horst and Birgit Lohmann from Jamel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern", the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dieter Graumann, according to a should telephone conversation with the winners today. The bodies of the Central Council had previously voted unanimously for the couple Lohmeyer as winners this year.
By Paul Spiegel Award 2011 the special commitment and courage of the couple Lohmeyer in the fight against the neo-Nazis in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern be appreciated. "By their very courageous voice in Jamel they not only set itself a particularly courageous Sign in the fight against right, but encouraging as well as other, even across national borders, not to give up and the right structures without fear and decided to oppose, "says Dr. Graumann the selection of the winners. The award ceremony is a solemn ceremony scheduled on May 12, 2011 in Schwerin.
The Paul Spiegel Award for civic courage of the Central Council of Jews in memory of its former President Dr. hc Paul Spiegel, of blessed memory, and his tireless commitment to fighting racism, xenophobia and antisemitism, and awarded for a strong civil society with the price of 5,000, -. is worth €, honors the Central the Jewish people who have committed particularly to a vibrant and stable democracy and civic courage proved.
The prize was awarded in 2009 for the first time to the Saxon police chief Bernd Merbitz in Dresden.
Berlin, 01 February 2011 press release
Source: www.zentralratdjuden.de/
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