Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft Bundesverband

Award ceremony of the DIALOG Prize in 2011, Magdalena Abraham-Diefenbach and Stephan Felsberg

Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft Bundesverband (DPG, Polish: Federalny Związek Towarzystw Niemiecko-Polskich) is a society of different regional associations which promote reconciliation and cultural exchange of Germany and Poland. It was founded in 1996, succeeding the Bundesverband deutsch-polnischer Gesellschaften, which was founded in 1987. One of the goals is the integration of Poland in die European Union. The organization is based in Berlin.

The association publishes a quarterly bilingual magazine, Dialog.

Beginning in 2005, the association has awarded an annually a prize, also called DIALOG, to persons and organisations that are "a model for the dielogue of nations and cultures in Europe, and the improvement of German-Polish relations" ("... in vorbildlicher Art und Weise für den Dialog der Völker und Kulturen in Europa sowie die Vertiefung der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen engagieren").

Recipients have included:

• 2005: Tygodnik Powszechny, Kraków weekly
• 2006: Pogranicze, foundation in Sejny
• 2007: Christliche Bildungsinitiative
• 2008: Steffen Möller, writer and cabaretist
• 2009: Ludwig Mehlhorn, Wolfgang Templin
• 2010: Klaus Zernack, historian, and Kowalski trifft Schmidt, TV
• 2011: Institut für angewandte Geschichte, in Frankfurt (Oder)
• 2012: Artur Becker, writer
• 2013: Grażyna Słomka, Adam Krzemiński, publicists
• 2014: Lech Wałęsa and the Interregionaler Gewerkschaftsrat Elbe-Neiße
• 2015: Zofia Posmysz, writer, and Osteuropa, magazine
• 2016: Marek Prawda, diplomat
• 2017: Martin Pollack, journalist and literature translator

External links

• Official website