Theodor Wolff Prize

The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers [de]. In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life's work.

The award is dedicated to the memory of Theodor Wolff, who was forced into exile by the Nazis from Germany in February 1933 because of his Jewish origin and on account of ferocious opposition to the Nazi Party seizure of power the previous month. Until 1933, he was the liberal democratic chief editor of the Berliner Tageblatt.

Jury

The jury in 2016 consisted of nine people:^[1]

• Nikolaus Blome (Bild)
• Wolfgang Büscher [de] (Die Welt)
• Markus Günther [de] (Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung)
• Peter Stefan Herbst [de] (Saarbrücker Zeitung)
• Christian Lindner (Rhein-Zeitung)
• Lorenz Maroldt [de] (Der Tagesspiegel)
• Bernd Mathieu [de] (Aachener Zeitung)
• Annette Ramelsberger [de] (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
• Cordula von Wysocki [de] (Kölnische Rundschau)

Notable recipients

1962:

• Thaddäus Troll (Bremer Nachrichten)

1964:

• Klaus Bresser (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)
• Karl-Hermann Flach (Frankfurter Rundschau)
• Kai Hermann (Die Zeit)

1966:

• Thomas von Randow (Die Zeit)
• Theo Sommer (Die Zeit)

1969:

• Günther von Lojewski (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

1970:

• Gitta Bauer (Springer Auslandsdienst)

1971/72:

• Reinhard Appel (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

1972/73:

• Joachim Fest (Der Spiegel)

1973/74:

• Raimund Hoghe (Westfalen-Blatt [de])
• Hellmuth Karasek (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)

1983:

• Josef Joffe (Die Zeit)

1985:

• Thomas Kielinger (Die Welt)

1986:

• Rudolph Chimelli (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
• Cordt Schnibben (Die Zeit)

1994:

• Giovanni di Lorenzo (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

1999:

• Maxim Biller (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

2001:

• Heribert Prantl (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

2002:

• Irena Brežná^[2]

2004:

• Andrea Böhm (Die Zeit)

2007:

• Nikolaus Blome (Die Welt)

2008:

• Carolin Emcke (Zeitmagazin)

2009:

• Bastian Obermayer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

2012:

• Harald Martenstein (Die Zeit)

2013:

• Robin Alexander^[3]
• Alfred Grosser

2014:

• Rudolph Chimelli^[4]

2017:

• Deniz Yücel^[5]