Rahel Straus Prize
Rahel Straus Youth Award
The Rahel Straus Prize and the Rahel Straus Youth Prize recognize sustainable remembrance work by individuals and groups in Baden-Württemberg. The prizes are awarded jointly with the Baden-Württemberg State Working Group of the Association Against Forgetting - For Democracy.
The prizes and their endowment
Since 2019, the Rahel-Straus Prize has been awarded annually to honor projects and activities by individuals and groups in Baden-Württemberg who are committed to sustainable remembrance work in an exemplary manner and thus simultaneously promote a diverse democratic life in society.
The Rahel-Straus Youth Prize specifically recognizes voluntary initiatives and projects by young people.
Both prizes are endowed with 1,000 euros each.
The namesake Rahel Straus
Rahel Straus was born in 1880, the daughter of an orthodox rabbi. In 1899, she graduated from the first German girls' grammar school in Karlsruhe, and in 1905 she became the first woman to graduate from the University of Heidelberg with a degree in medicine, followed by a doctorate in 1907 - both extremely unusual for a woman at the beginning of the 20th century.
As the mother of five children, she worked in her own gynecological practice. She emigrated to Palestine in 1933 and founded the Israeli "Women's League for Peace and Freedom" in 1952, where she remained honorary president until her death in Jerusalem in 1963.
Rahel Straus was involved in social, educational and political issues throughout her life.
Our cooperation partner:
Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e. V.
Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V. has been combining historical remembrance work with concrete commitment to democracy since 1993. The association, which is active throughout Germany, is divided into regional groups and state working groups.
The following objectives guide the activities of the association:
- Remembrance of the history of the two dictatorships on German soil in the 20th century to preserve democracy in the present day
- Engagement in confronting enemy stereotypes, racism, xenophobia, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of political extremism
- Promotion of democratic values
For both prizes, we cooperate within the association with the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft in Baden-Württemberg (LAG BW).
Order of Events
Application Period
Individuals and groups can apply themselves via our application form or be nominated. Applications can be submitted every year up to and including February 15.
Selection Process
The jury meeting takes place between March and April of each year. The jury consists of the spokespersons of the Baden-Württemberg state working group of the association Gegen Vergessen - für Demokratie e. V. as well as representatives of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung.
Announcement
The award winners will be informed after the jury meeting.
Award Ceremony
The award ceremony takes place in coordination with the award winners and the cooperation partners.
Application
You can use our application form to apply to us from 16.10.2024. You can also submit samples of your work, publications, websites, newspaper articles etc. as PDF files via the application platform to which you will be redirected.
The following institutions were selected:
Rahel Straus Prize 2024
Working group Dialog Synagogenplatz and Förderverein Synagogenplatz Ludwigsburg e.V. (Ludwigsburg)
Rahel-Straus Youth Prize 2024
- Jerg-Ratgeb secondary school (Herrenberg)
- History AGs of the Walter-Eucken-Gymnasium / Commercial Schools 1 (Freiburg)
Rahel Straus Prize 2023
- Dorothee Roos (Mosbach)
- Heinz Högerle (Horb)
Rahel Straus Prize 2021
Johannes Kuhn (Herrenberg/Berlin)
Rahel Straus Youth Award 2021
History workshop of the Lessing-Realschule (Freiburg)
Rahel Straus Prize 2020
- Waldkirch Workshop of Ideasduring the Nazi Era (Waldkirch)
- LOKSTOFF! Theater im öffentlichen Raum e.V. (Stuttgart)
Rahel Straus Youth Award 2020
Group of youth guides of the Gäu-Neckar-Alb memorial association
Rahel Straus Prize 2019
- Eva Maria Kraiss (Schwäbisch Hall)
- Dr. Wolfgang Proske (Gerstetten)
- Harald Stingele and the association Initiative Hotel Silber e.V. (Stuttgart)
- AG Memorial Day at the Center for Psychiatry South Württemberg (Ravensburg)
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Duha e.V.
Jury statement by juror Monika Renninger:
With the association Duha e.V., Verein für soziale Dienste, from Mannheim, a project is being funded that aims to further train specialists in the culturally sensitive care of people with disabilities as well as in socio-educational family assistance. To this end, the team is to be trained in a consultation process in which organizational structures and expert further training courses are to be developed that can also be transferred to other facilities and associations that are planning something similar.
Youth farm association Möhringen-Vaihingen e.V.
Jury statement by juror Jan Sellner:
The jury selected the association Kinder- und Jugendfarm Möhringen-Vaihingen e.V., which emerged from a parents' initiative in 1972, as the award winner because it wants to critically examine its organizational structures and processes in order to reduce staff deployment in administration with the help of technical solutions. In this way, the deployment of volunteers could also be better planned and controlled. The capacities thus freed up are to be used in the pedagogical area and thus benefit the children and young people in care. The process coaching and prize money associated with the award should help with implementation. Ideally, other comparable associations or facilities can also benefit from this example.
Release Stuttgart e.V.
Jury statement by juror Monika Renninger:
For 50 years, Release e.V. Stuttgart has been offering prevention, counseling and help with addiction and drug issues in the area of illegal substances and problematic media consumption, and is constantly facing new challenges. In the psychosocial care of substituted clients of the focal practice, a cafe offer is important to bridge waiting times. BLIZZ supports the development of a sustainable and attractive volunteer concept for the Cafe SUB offer for clients on weekends.
Conditions of Participation
The projects and activities proposed for the awards by individuals and groups
- are committed to the goals of Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e. V. (Against Forgetting - For Democracy).
- take place as part of a voluntary commitment.
- are based in Baden-Württemberg.
Data Privacy
The applicants agree to the forwarding of their data exclusively in the context of the application for the Rahel Straus Prize or the Rahel Straus Youth Prize to the circle of speakers of the Baden-Württemberg State Working Group in the association Gegen Vergessen - für Demokratie e. V. for the purpose of selecting the prize winners.
The Berthold Leibinger Stiftung may show photos of applicants and participants in the context of the Rahel Straus Award and the Rahel Straus Youth Award on its website and social media channels and use them for press and public relations work; the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung may use photographs and video recordings on its website or in printed matter. Otherwise, applicants must object in writing to the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung.
Applicants agree to the purpose-related storage and forwarding of personal data and submitted documents as well as the further use of the data in address distribution lists. Further information can be found at: www.leibinger-stiftung.de/datenschutz
Duty to inform
Enclosed you will find the document "Information obligation pursuant to Article 13 GDPR".
