TheGeschwister-Scholl-Preis is aliterary prize which is awarded annually by theBavarian chapter of theBörsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the city ofMunich. Every year, a book is honoured, which "shows intellectual independence and supports civil freedom, moral, intellectual and aesthetic courage and that gives an important impulse to the present awareness of responsibility".[1]
The prize is named in memory and honor ofSophie andHans Scholl, who are collectively referred to as theGeschwister Scholl ("Scholl siblings"). It is endowed with 10,000 euros and is presented at a ceremony at theLudwig-Maximilians-Universität inMunich.
...das von geistiger Unabhängigkeit zeugt und geeignet ist, bürgerliche Freiheit, moralischen, intellektuellen und ästhetischen Mut zu fördern und dem gegenwärtigen Verantwortungsbewusstsein wichtige Impulse zu geben
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