City ambassador It is not unusual for German cities to enter into partnerships with municipalities in Europe. But the fact that they exchange ambassadors to deepen their relationships is unique to the

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The Hanseatic city Hanseatic city of Hamburg? Yes. Hanseatic city of Bremen? Of course! But the Hanseatic city of Osnabrück? Of course! It was not only in the late Middle Ages that the city on the Riv

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Gestapo cellar and Augusta shaft memorials Die Gedenkstätte Augustaschacht befindet sich am Ort des früheren Arbeitserziehungslagers Ohrbeck. Wer versucht hatte, dem Zwang zur Arbeit zu entkommen, wur

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European Heritage Label Honor for a milestone in the history of Europe What do the town halls in Osnabrück and Münster have to do with the united Europe of the 21st century? A great deal! This is also

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The Office for Peace Culture Das Kulturhaus am Heger Tor. Osnabrück - The City of Peace. This is not just a profiling name, but is closely linked to the history of the city and the aspiration to fill

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Swetlana Alexijewitsch, Foto: © Dimitri Savitzley Svetlana Alexievich Belarusian writer and journalist *31 May 1948 in Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine Wording of the certificate: In appreciation of her compl

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Leoluca Orlando Italian politician, publicist and anti-mafia activist *1 August 1947 in Palermo Wording of the certificate: In view of the threat to democratic structures and cultural identity in the

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Tony Judt Historian and Director of the Remarque Institute for European Studies at New York University. *January 2, 1948 in London; † August 6, 2010. The City of Osnabrück honors the historian and pol

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Dan Bar-On Dan Bar-On Israeli professor of psychology, co-director of PRIME, the Peace Research Institute in the Middle East. *October 3, 1938 in Haifa; †September 4, 2008 in Tel Aviv Wording of the c

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Lyudmila Ulitskaya receives the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize 2023 Special prize for Sergiy Maidukov "We would like this year's Remarque Peace Prize to be understood as a sign of hope: the logic of

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Foto Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o; Bildnachweis: Foto Daniel Anderson, zur freien Verwendung Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o *January 5, 1938 in Kamiriithu, Limuru, Kenya. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan writer and cultural sch

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger German poet, writer and cultural critic *11 November 1929 in Kaufbeuren/Allgäu; †24 November 2022 in Munich Wording of the certificate: In appreciation of his complete works a

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Uri Avnery Israeli journalist, writer and peace activist *10 September 1923 (as Helmut Ostermann) in Beckum/Westphalia 1933 Emigration of the family to Palestine; †20 August 2018 in Tel Aviv Wording o

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Lev Kopelev Russian Germanist, writer and humanist 1980 expatriated from the USSR *9 April 1912 Kyiv; †18 June 1997 Cologne Wording of the certificate: In appreciation of his complete works as an expr

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Ludvik Vaculik Czech writer, civil rights activist and publicist *July 23, 1926 in Brumov, Moravia; † June 6, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. Wording of the certificate: In recognition of his exemplar

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Tahar Ben Jelloun, Foto: © C. Hélie Gallimard Tahar Ben Jelloun Moroccan writer *1944 in Fès The city of Osnabrück honors the writer TAHAR BEN JELLOUN with the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize 2011 fo

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Huschang Golshiri Iranian writer and publicist Wording of the certificate: In recognition of his exemplary commitment to democracy and human rights, the City of Osnabrück awards Huschang Golschiri the

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Henning Mankell, Foto: © Ulla Montan Henning Mankell Swedish writer *February 3, 1948; † October 5, 2015 The city of Osnabrück honors the writer and theater director HENNING MANKELL with the Erich Mar

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