The prize is also expressly considered as forward-looking. Its intent is especially to provide young people with examples and role models, it seeks to inform, sensitize and motivate young people, it seeks to give them hope and courage. It wants to encourage young people to be vigilant, to get involved and to help create, so that unity and peace are permanently retained and reinforced, both in Germany and in all of Europe. Ms. Christine Lieberknecht, Prime Minister of Thuringia and President of the Board of Trustees said, “We want to jointly address the risk of losing our consciousness of the indispensable value of the unity and freedom of our homeland in a unified Europe.”
Members of the Board of Trustees of German Unity:
President:
Christine Lieberknecht, Prime Minister of the state of Thuringia
Vice-President:
Berthold Dücker, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Point Alpha Foundation
Secretary:
Dr. Norbert Kleinheyer, Association Director of the Savings Banks and Clearing House Association Hesse/Thuringia
Dr. Jürgen Aretz, Secretary of State Thuringia, retired
Dr. Walter Arnold, Secretary of State Hesse, retired, Member of the Landtag (state parliament) Hesse
Hans-Dieter Brenner, Chairman of the Board Helaba Niels Lund Chrestensen, President Chamber of Industry and Commerce Erfurt
Dr. Hans-Peter Häfner, former Member of the Landtag Thuringia
Bischop Dr. Martin Hein, Protestant Church Kurhessen-Waldeck
Michael Inacker, Metro AG
Dr.Fritz-Helmut Karrass, Chief Finance President. retired
Johann-Michael Möller, MDR-Radio Broadcast Director
Dr. Gerhard Schuchardt, Science Minister Thuringia, retired
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Seiters, Federal Minister, retired
Dr. Henning Voscherau, First Mayor of Hamburg, retired
Bischop Dr. Joachim Wanke, Catholic Bishopric Erfurt
Gunter Weißgerber, member of the German Bundestag (Parliament), retired
Prof. Dr. Michael Wolffsohn, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich
Dr. Wolfgang Hamberger, Mayor of Fulda, retired ; co-opted for the Point Alpha Foundation
Donations account for the Board of Trustees German Unity
Wartburgsparkasse
BLZ (Bank Sort Code): 840 550 50
Account No. 191000