{"id":1528,"date":"2023-10-18T16:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zentralrat.sintiundroma.de\/en\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2023-10-23T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:31:36","slug":"architect-daniel-libeskind-awarded-the-european-civil-rights-prize-of-the-sinti-and-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zentralrat.sintiundroma.de\/en\/architect-daniel-libeskind-awarded-the-european-civil-rights-prize-of-the-sinti-and-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"Architect Daniel Libeskind awarded the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laureate Daniel Libeskind (2nd from right) with the European Civil Rights Award of the Sinti and Roma, with (from right to left) Romani Rose, Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, B\u00e4rbel Bas, President of the German Bundestag and Markus Lautenschl\u00e4ger, Managing Director of the Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger Foundation. \u00a9 Central Council of German Sinti and Roma\/ Simone M. Neumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American architect Daniel Libeskind will be awarded the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma on October 18, 2023, in Berlin. The European Civil Rights Prize is awarded by the Central Council and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma and the Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger Foundation, which endows the prize of 15.000 euros. The prize honours outstanding personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the equal participation and human rights of Sinti and Roma in Europe.<\/p>\n

In her laudatory speech, the President of the German Bundestag, B\u00e4rbel Bas, said: “Daniel Libeskind has created monuments worldwide to the shared memory of the European Jews and Sinti and Roma murdered in the Holocaust. He has thus made a forceful contribution to anchoring the long-ignored genocide of the Sinti and Roma in the public consciousness.” The President of the Bundestag emphasized, “The European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma honours Daniel Libeskind’s commitment to our culture of remembrance. At the same time, the prize is a call to ensure the social recognition and equal participation of Sinti and Roma in Germany and Europe.”<\/p>\n

The 2023 award honours Daniel Libeskind’s worldwide contributions to the culture of remembrance. The commemoration of the Holocaust against Jews and Sinti and Roma is an important component of his artistic and architectural work.<\/p>\n

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President of the German Bundestag B\u00e4rbel Bas during her laudatio on Daniel Libeskind. Photo credits: Central Council\/ Simone M. Neumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the award ceremony, Daniel Libeskind said, “I am honored to receive this meaningful recognition of the European Civil Rights Award of the Sinti and Roma. I have spent the entirety of my career dedicated to fighting the erasure of memory and building architecture that is filled with emotion and hope.\u201d The laureate added, “This award exemplifies the importance of making memory palpable through experiences in space and giving a voice to those silenced. Without the deliberate decision to hold on to memory and to share our experiences with others, time can surreptitiously erase all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daniel Libeskind in his acceptance speech for the European Civil Rights Price. Photo credits: Central Council\/ Simone M. Neumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The founder of the European Civil Rights Prize, Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger, emphasizes: “The European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma is, above all, a signal to the majority population to oppose, in historical memory, the antigypsyism that is once again raising concern today.” Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger combines these concerns in his appeal: “Civil society is called upon to oppose and outlaw antigypsyism, and thereby contribute to ensuring that Sinti and Roma are no longer forced into anonymity for reaching social equality.”<\/p>\n

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2023\/10\/18; Berlin: Verleihung Europaeischer Buergerrechtspreis der Sinti und Roma an Daniel Libeskind. Foto: Simone M. Neumann [Copyright: Simone M. Neumann (Tel. 0171-4857082) – Urhebervermerk wird nach Paragraph13 UrhG verlangt ! No Model Release + Fotografin uebernimmt keine Haftung bei Verletzung rechte Dritter<\/figcaption><\/figure>The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, paid tribute to the award winner with the following words: “With his artistic work, Daniel Libeskind has contributed, internationally, to strengthening the recognition that the Holocaust also meant the murder of 500,000 Sinti and Roma in Nazi-occupied Europe. Knowing the history of this crime against humanity, the ignorance of the member states of the European Union is shameful, with which the inhuman situation of Sinti and Roma is accepted, which has led to apartheid-like conditions especially in Central and Eastern Europe.”<\/p>\n

Rose continues, “Today, we as citizens, as well as our democratic institutions, have a duty to oppose the anti-democratic efforts of nationalist and far-right parties in many European countries, which are once again fomenting sentiment and hatred against Jews and Sinti and Roma.”<\/p>\n

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Romani Rose, Chairman of the Central Council, during his speech at the award ceremony. Photo credits: Central Council\/ Simone M. Neumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma in memory of Oskar and Vinzenz Rose will be presented to Daniel Libeskind by the Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, and Markus Lautenschl\u00e4ger, the Managing Director of the Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger Foundation, at 4 p.m. on October 18, 2023, at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin.<\/p>\n

Daniel Libeskind designed the national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Amsterdam, which was presented to the Dutch public by King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte in 2021. Through his design of the monument in Amsterdam, the U.S. architect deliberately highlights the commonality of the fate of Sinti and Roma and Jews during the persecution during the Nazi era, uniting them in memory in the place he created. The National Holocaust Memorial in Canada, designed by Daniel Libeskind in 2018, is also dedicated to both Jews and Sinti and Roma.<\/p>\n

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Markus Lautenschl\u00e4ger (l.) and Romani Rose (r.) award the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma to Daniel Libeskind. \u00a9 Central Council of German Sinti and Roma\/ Simone M. Neumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The European Civil Rights Award of the Sinti and Roma<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Civil Rights Award is a contribution to the protection and enforcement of the civil rights of Sinti and Roma in their respective home countries. The prize was first awarded in 2008 and is held since 2019 in memory of Vinzenz and Oskar Rose, who significantly initiated and shaped the civil rights work of the minority. The laureates are exemplary advocates of democracy and the rule of law and – in view of the long history of antigypsyism – are role models in their efforts to improve the human rights situation of the Sinti and Roma. Previous laureates were Wladyslaw Bartoszewski <\/strong>(\u2020), former Secretary of State and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland (2008), Simone Veil <\/strong>(\u2020), former President of the European Parliament (2010), Thomas Hammarberg<\/strong>, former Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (2012), Tilman Z\u00fclch <\/strong>(\u2020), co-founder and president of the Society for Threatened Peoples (2014), the human rights organization Amnesty International (<\/strong>2016), former President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska <\/strong>(2019), and former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Angela Merkel <\/strong>(2021).<\/p>\n

The founder of the prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger is one of the founders of the financial services provider MLP SE, which has been in existence since 1971. He served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 1999 and then moved to the company’s Supervisory Board, of which he has been the Honorary Chairman since 2018. In 2002, he established the Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger Foundation, whose purpose it is to promote science and research, education and training, the arts and culture, and international understanding. Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Heidelberg. He is an honorary senator of the University of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies, as well as a member of the University Council of the University of Heidelberg. Since July 2002, Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma. The Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger Foundation has endowed the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma since 2008.<\/p>\n

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The award ceremony is held under the patronage of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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