Simon-Wiesenthal Prize Goes to Palestinian Activist

Lifestyle & TravelCulture ♦ Published: March 14, 2023; 01:31 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Simon-Wiesenthal prize for the year 2022 was awarded for the second time. This prize is being awarded for the best activism against anti-semitism. This time the main prize was awarded to the organization Zikaron Basalon.

The Simon-Wiesenthal Prize for the Year 2022 Was Awarded on Monday. / Picture: © Jewish Museum Vienna / Horst Tappe Stiftung

The Simon Wiesenthal Prize was awarded today for the second time. The main prize of the award, which was presented in Parliament by National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka, went to the Israeli Holocaust memorial initiative Zikaron BaSalon. The Palestinian peace activist Mohammed Dajani and Waltraud Barton, chairwoman of the association IM-MER, which works to commemorate the Nazi…