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 and is awarded annually by the city of Stuttgart together with the e. V. and the Jewish Religious Community to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to Christian-Jewish cooperation.
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 (evangelischer Theologe) 2010: Joseph Rothschild Stuttgart Journal 2 October 2009 – Otto-Hirsch-Medaille ging an Joseph Rothschild 2011: Gunter Demnig 2012: Traute Peters. 2013: Leopold Paul Rosenkranz. 2014: Initiative Gedenkstätte Killesberg 2015: Kolja Lessing. 2016: Gabriele Müller-Trimbusch 2017: Beate Müller, Jörg Titze 2018: Michael Volkmann. 2019: Michael Kashi 2020: Robert Jütte 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
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