Prize for Understanding and Tolerance
Every year since 2002, the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB) and the Society of Friends and Supporters of the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation have jointly awarded the Prize for Understanding and Tolerance.
This prize honors individuals in politics, business and culture who have made an exceptional contribution to understanding and tolerance, the promotion of human dignity, the integration of minorities and the coexistence of different religions and cultures.
The JMB publishes the current year’s prizewinner in the press section of its website.
The award ceremony traditionally takes place within the framework of a gala dinner, to which the museum welcomes numerous friends and supporters from politics, business, culture and media. Proceeds from the evening’s donations support the educational work of the museum.
Prize for Understanding and Tolerance; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Svea Pietschmann / David Ausserhofer
Prize for Understanding and Tolerance; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Svea Pietschmann / David Ausserhofer
Award Winners
The following people have received the Prize for Understanding and Tolerance to date:
| Year awarded | Award winner |
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| 2024 | Margot Friedländer Delphine Horvilleur |
| 2023 | Corinne Michaela Flick, Founder and Chair of the CONVOCO! Foundation Wolfgang Ischinger, President of the Munich Security Conference Foundation Council |
| 2022 | Herta Müller, writer and Nobel Prize winner Barrie Kosky, theatre and opera director |
| 2021 | Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria Daniel Libeskind, architect |
| 2020 | Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State Igor Levit, pianist |
| 2019 | Heiko Maas, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Anselm Kiefer, artist |
| 2018 | Susanne Klatten, entrepren€ David Grossman, writer |
| 2017 | Joachim Gauck, former President of Germany Joe Kaeser, CEO of Siemens AG |
| 2016 | Renate Lasker-Harpprecht and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, historical eyewitnesses Hasso Plattner, businessman |
| 2015 | W. Michael Blumenthal, Founding Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin |
| 2014 | Hubert Burda, publisher Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Finance Minister |
| 2013 | Berthold Leibinger, associate of the TRUMPF Group Iris Berben, actor |
| 2012 | Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild GmbH (Frankfurt and Moscow) Richard von Weizsäcker, former President of Germany |
| 2011 | Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany |
| 2010 | Jan Philipp Reemtsma, literature scholar Hubertus Erlen, business executive |
| 2009 | Franz Fehrenbach and Christof Bosch, both as representatives of the Bosch company Michael Verhoeven, film director |
| 2008 | Roland Berger, corporate consultant Imre Kertész, Nobel Laureate in Literature |
| 2007 | Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany Fritz Stern, historian |
| 2006 | Daniel Barenboim, General Music Director of the Berlin State Oper Helmut Panke, business executive |
| 2005 | Heinz Berggruen, art collector and patron Otto Graf Lambsdorff, former Federal Minister of Germany |
| 2004 | Michael Otto, businessman Johannes Rau, former President of Germany |
| 2003 | Otto Schily, former Interior Minister of Germany Friede Springer, publisher |
| 2002 | Berthold Beitz, former Chairman of the Curatorium of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation Heinrich von Pierer, former Chairman of the Siemens AG Board |
(Daniel Libeskind, award acceptance speech 2021)
Impressions of the 2023 Award Ceremony
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Laudator Ambassador (ret.) Ronald S. Lauder, prize winner Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger, director Hetty Berg, prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick and laudator Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard (l.t.r.); Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger and Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick with the Prize for Understanding and Tolerance; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Prize winner Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger, director Hetty Berg and prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick (l.t.r.); Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Welcoming speech by Hetty Berg, director Jewish Museum Berlin; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick during her acceptance speech; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Prize winner Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger during his acceptance speech; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
Laudator Ambassador (ret.) Ronald S. Lauder, prize winner Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger, director Hetty Berg, prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick and laudator Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard (l.t.r.); Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger and Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick with the Prize for Understanding and Tolerance; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
Prize winner Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Ischinger, director Hetty Berg and prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick (l.t.r.); Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
Welcoming speech by Hetty Berg, director Jewish Museum Berlin; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
Prize winner Dr. Corinne Michaela Flick during her acceptance speech; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: Pietschmann / Ausserhofer
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Contact
Johanna Brandt
Managing Director FRIENDS OF THE JMB
T +49 (0)30 259 93 553
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