# Fritz Bauer Prize > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fritz_Bauer_Prize > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fritz_Bauer_Prize.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Bauer_Prize > Source revision: 1327607605 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Fritz Bauer Prize** ([German](/source/German_language): *Fritz Bauer-Preis*) is a prize awarded by the [Humanist Union](/source/Humanist_Union), established in 1968 in memory of its founder, [Fritz Bauer](/source/Fritz_Bauer), the longtime Attorney General of [Hesse](/source/Hesse). The Humanist Union presents the award to those who have excelled in contributions to the humanization, liberalization and democratization of the judiciary. Since 2013, the Fritz Bauer Prize for Social Engagement has also been awarded by the [Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium](/source/Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium), where Bauer completed his secondary education. This prize was initiated by the jurist [Herta Däubler-Gmelin](/source/Herta_D%C3%A4ubler-Gmelin).[1] In 2014, the German Federal Minister of Justice [Heiko Maas](/source/Heiko_Maas) established the Fritz Bauer Study Prize for Human Rights and Contemporary Legal History, awarded for doctoral theses in law that address Fritz Bauer, his work, or related themes.[2] The prize is awarded every two years by the [Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection](/source/Federal_Ministry_of_Justice_and_Consumer_Protection). ## Recipients - 1969 [Helga Einsele](/source/Helga_Einsele) - 1970 [Gustav Heinemann](/source/Gustav_Heinemann) - 1971 [Birgitta Wolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birgitta_Wolf&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1972 [Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus](/source/Emmy_Diemer-Nicolaus) - 1973 [Heinrich Hannover](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Hannover&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1975 [Helmut Ostermeyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmut_Ostermeyer&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1976 [Werner Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Werner_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1977 [Heinz D. Stark](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_D._Stark&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1978 [Gerald Grünwald](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Gr%C3%BCnwald&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1980 [Peggy Parnass](/source/Peggy_Parnass) - 1981 [Ulrich Vultejus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulrich_Vultejus&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1982 [Ruth Leuze](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Leuze&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1983 [Erich Küchenhoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erich_K%C3%BCchenhoff&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1984 [Ulrich Finckh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulrich_Finckh&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1985 [Rosi Wolf-Almanasreh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosi_Wolf-Almanasreh&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1986 [Ossip K. Flechtheim](/source/Ossip_K._Flechtheim) - 1988 [Eckart Spoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eckart_Spoo&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1990 [Liselotte Funcke](/source/Liselotte_Funcke) - 1993 [Erwin Fischer](/source/Erwin_Fischer) - 1995 [Hans Lisken](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Lisken&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1996 [Hanne Vack](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanne_Vack&action=edit&redlink=1) und [Klaus Vack](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Vack&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1997 [Günter Grass](/source/G%C3%BCnter_Grass) - 1999 [Helga Seibert](/source/Helga_Seibert) - 2000 [Regine Hildebrandt](/source/Regine_Hildebrandt) - 2003 [Dieter Schenk](/source/Dieter_Schenk) - 2004 [Susanne von Paczensky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susanne_von_Paczensky&action=edit&redlink=1) - 2006 [Burkhard Hirsch](/source/Burkhard_Hirsch) - 2008 [Klaus Waterstradt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Waterstradt&action=edit&redlink=1) - 2010 [Helmut Kramer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmut_Kramer&action=edit&redlink=1) - 2012 [Joachim Perels](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joachim_Perels&action=edit&redlink=1) - 2014 [Edward Snowden](/source/Edward_Snowden) - 2016 Gefangenen-Gewerkschaft/Bundesweite Organisation - 2018 [Hans-Christian Ströbele](/source/Hans-Christian_Str%C3%B6bele) - 2021 [netzpolitik.org](/source/Netzpolitik.org) - 2023 Complainants against the Climate Protection Act ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Heuß, Anja (2024-06-20). ["Fritz Max Bauer (1903–1968)"](https://www.stadtlexikon-stuttgart.de/article/a85fdb6c-020d-412a-a1a0-7d2bbcffba2c/3/Fritz_Max_Bauer_%281903-1968%29.html). *Digital City Lexicon Stuttgart* (in German). Stuttgart City Archives. Retrieved 2025-12-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Fritz Bauer Study Prize for Human Rights and Contemporary Legal History"](https://www.bmjv.de/fritz-bauer) (in German). Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. Retrieved 2025-12-14. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.humanistische-union.de/veranstaltungen/buergerrechtspreise/fritz_bauer_preis/) (in German) This article about German law is a stub. 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