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One of five first prizes went to fifth graders of Leonore-Goldschmidt Schule IGS Hannover-Mühlenberg I Photo: Benjamin Pritzkuleit
One of five first prizes went to fifth graders of Leonore-Goldschmidt Schule IGS Hannover-Mühlenberg I Photo: Benjamin Pritzkuleit

German History Competition Celebrates Prize Winners – and Its 50th Anniversary

50 years after the first edition, the winners of the current competition received their prizes at Bellevue Palace.

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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) in conversation with this year's prize winners | Photo: David Ausserhofer
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) in conversation with this year's prize winners | Photo: David Ausserhofer

German Federal President Steinmeier Awards Prize Winners

On 16 November 2021, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured this year’s first prize winners of the German History Competition in his official residence Bellevue Palace in Berlin. The topic of the competition was “Times in Motion: Sports and Society" which encouraged over 3,400 young people nationwide to send in 1,349 entries.

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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) and Thomas Paulsen, member of the Executive Board of Körber-Stiftung (left), with this year's first German prizewinners | Photo: David Ausserhofer
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) and Thomas Paulsen, member of the Executive Board of Körber-Stiftung (left), with this year's first German prizewinners | Photo: David Ausserhofer

German Award Ceremony 2019

On 19 November, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured this year’s first prizewinners of the German History Competition in his official residende Bellevue Palace in  Berlin. The topic of the competition was “Enough Is Enough - Crisis, Change, a New Beginning” which encouraged over 5,600 young people to participate.

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German History Competion certificate 2019
German History Competion certificate 2019

Announcement of Regional Winners in the German History Competition

About 5,600 pupils conducted research in the current German History Competition entitled “Enough Is Enough - Crisis, Change, a New Beginning”. The Körber Foundation received a total of 1,992 contributions from teams and individuals. This constitutes the highest number of entries since 1993.

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