Gerhard Löwenthal Prize

The Gerhard Löwenthal Prize (German: Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preis) is an award for "liberal-conservative journalism" (freiheitlich-konservativen Journalismus) in Germany. Endowed by German "Foundation for Conservative Education and Research" (Förderstiftung Konservative Bildung und Forschung), it is awarded in cooperation with national-conservative newspaper Junge Freiheit and Ingeborg Löwenthal, widow of conservative journalist and Holocaust survivor Gerhard Löwenthal. Issued annually between 2004 and 2009, it has since been awarded only biannually.^[1] The prize money is 5,000 euros for a journalist prize, undoped for an honorary prize for the life's work of journalists.^[2]

Recipients of the Gerhard Löwenthal Prize[]

Recipients of the prize have been:

• 2004 – Thorsten Hinz, writes for Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung and Sezession
• 2005 – Stefan Scheil, historian
• 2006 – Thomas Paulwitz, founder of the magazine Deutsche Sprachwelt^[3]
• 2007 – Andreas Krause Landt, founder of the Landt Verlag
• 2008 – Ellen Kositza, author
• 2009 – André F. Lichtschlag, founder of the magazine eigentümlich frei
• 2011 – Michael Paulwitz, writes for Sezession
• 2013 – Birgit Kelle, journalist
• 2015 – Martin Voigt, freelancer
• 2017 – Sabatina James, journalist
• 2019 – Alexander Wendt, journalist^[4]

Recipients of the Gerhard Löwenthal honorary prize[]

A special honorary prize has been awarded to:

• 2004 – Herbert Fleissner
• 2005 – Caspar von Schrenck-Notzing
• 2006 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
• 2007 – Wolf Jobst Siedler
• 2008 – Peter Scholl-Latour
• 2009 – Helmut Matthies
• 2011 – Ernst Nolte
• 2013 – Karl Feldmeyer
• 2015 – Heimo Schwilk
• 2017 – Bruno Bandulet
• 2019 – Vera Lengsfeld

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