Overview
Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft Bundesverband (DPG, ) 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, .
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:
2008: Steffen Möller, writer and cabaretist
2009: Ludwig Mehlhorn, Wolfgang Templin
2010: , historian, and Kowalski trifft Schmidt, TV
2011: Institut für angewandte Geschichte, in Frankfurt (Oder)
2012: , writer
2013: Grażyna Słomka, Adam Krzemiński, publicists
2014: Lech Wałęsa and the Interregionaler Gewerkschaftsrat Elbe-Neiße
2015: Zofia Posmysz, writer, and
2016: Marek Prawda, diplomat
2017: , journalist and literature translator
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