The Otto-Hirsch-Auszeichnung (since 2012 Otto-Hirsch-Medaille) was donated in 1985 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the ministerial councillor and Jewish Nazi victim

Otto Hirsch Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

and is awarded annually by the city of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

together with the e. V. and the Jewish Religious Community to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to Christian-Jewish cooperation. S-hedelfingen-otto-hirsch

Prize laureates

*1985: Otto Küster *1986: Edgar Winkler *1987: Fritz Majer-Leonhard, Pfarrer a. D. *1988: Josef Warscher *1989: Otfried Sander, Bürgermeister a. D. *1990: Jenny Heymann *1991: Albrecht Goes *1992: Rudolf Pfisterer *1993: Elisabet Plünnecke *1994: Heinz M. Bleicher *1995: Manfred Rommel, Oberbürgermeister a. D. *1996: Rachel Dror *1997: Walter Ott *1998: Rolf Thieringer, Erster Bürgermeister a. D. *1999: Meinhard Tenné *2000: Paul Sauer *2001: Noemi Berger *2002: Heinz Lauber *2003: Arno Fern *2004: Helmuth Rilling *2005: Michael Wieck *2006: Reinhold Mayer (1926–2016) *2007: Karl-Hermann Blickle *2008: Helene Schneiderman *2009:

Joachim Hahn Joachim Hahn (12 August 1942 in – 27 April 1997) was a German archaeologist and expert on the Upper Paleolithic era. Beginning in 1962, he studied at the University of Cologne, University of Bordeaux and the University of Tübingen. At th ...

(evangelischer Theologe) *2010: Joseph Rothschild Stuttgart Journal 2 October 2009 �
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Gunter Demnig Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947 in Berlin) is a German artist. He is best known for his '' Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project ...

*2012: Traute Peters. *2013: Leopold Paul Rosenkranz. *2014: Initiative Gedenkstätte Killesberg *2015:

Kolja Lessing Kolja Lessing (born 15 October 1961) is a German violinist, pianist, composer and academic teacher. His focus as a soloist and chamber musician has been the neglected repertoire by composers who were ostracised under the Nazi regime. His recordin ...

. *2016: Gabriele Müller-Trimbusch *2017: Beate Müller, Jörg Titze *2018: Michael Volkmann. *2019: Michael Kashi *2020:

Robert Jütte The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...

*2021: Monika Renninger *2022: Michael Blume und Hartmut Metzger

Awards

Since 2013, a small sculpture designed by the artist Christine Braun has been presented as an award. It consists of translucent concrete and red broad sheet glass. The design of the award picks up on the special nature of understanding between religions: " ..permeability, connection, overcoming the divisive – in order to achieve reconciliation, peaceful, tolerant coexistence."

References

External links

Otto-Hirsch-Auszeichnung
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ottohirschauszeichnung German awards Stuttgart Awards established in 1985