Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft Bundesverband

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.

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

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