The cabaret artist, writer and presenter Dieter Nuhr has acquired the Leo Baeck Prize Central Council of Jews in Germany obtain. The Central Council’s highest prize, which has gone to a number of federal presidents previously and to former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), was introduced on Wednesday night in Berlin. It’s endowed with 15,000 euros.
With the award, the Central Council desires to honor Nuhr’s dedication to combating anti-Semitism. Nuhr uncovers double requirements “to which the German media panorama is usually topic in terms of these matters,” stated Central Council President Josef Schuster on the occasion. He went on to say that the award ceremony comes at a time when Jews are below monumental stress. “What we’re experiencing is a normalization of hatred of Jews.” On this state of affairs, Nuhr stands on the aspect of the Jewish neighborhood.
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