Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation

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The Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation (German: Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung) is a German foundation that promotes research in economics, law and cultural sciences. It was established in 1977 by the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) and the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

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The foundation is located in Cologne, and awards the Friedwart Bruckhaus Prize, the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize, [1] [2] and the Universitas Prize for Science Journalism.

Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

The foundation administers the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (German: Hanns Martin Schleyer-Preis), an award established by automobile manufacturer Daimler AG in 1982 in honor of Hanns-Martin Schleyer, a former business executive of the BDA and BDI. Schleyer was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1977 after being targeted by radical elements of the German student movement due to his role in those business organizations and his past activities as a former officer of the Nazi SS. [3] The abduction and murder were part of an RAF campaign known as the German Autumn. [4] [5] [6] According to its administrator, the Prize is given annually for "outstanding contributions to consolidating and strengthening the foundations of a community based on the principle of individual freedom." [7]

The first of the annual prizes was awarded to economist and Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek in 1984. [8] In 2013, the Prize was presented to Helmut Maucher, former CEO of Nestlé and an outspoken critic of the German social welfare system. [9]

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  1. ↑ Unger, Christian (26 April 2013). "Helmut Schmidt bekommt Preis der Schleyer-Stiftung". www.abendblatt.de.
  2. ↑ Käppner, Joachim. "Helmut Schmidt erhält Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Preis". Süddeutsche.de.
  3. ↑ Schmid, Thomas (19 October 2007). "19:10:07German autumn Hanns Martin Schleyer, the unknown victims". Die Welt. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Varon, Jamie (2004). Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies . University of California Press. pp.  197, 245, 252, 342.
  5. ↑ J Smith, André Moncourt (February 2009). Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies. p. 477. ISBN   978-1604861792.
  6. ↑ Schmid, Thomas (19 October 2007). "Hanns Martin Schleyer, das unbekannte Opfer". Die Welt. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung / Stiftungs-Preise". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung / Stiftungs-Preise". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-7833195.html Der Spiegel Nov. 1998
  10. ↑ "Schmidt erhält Schleyer-Preis: Aussöhnung nach 36 Jahren - Inland - FAZ" (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Auszeichnung: Schmidt ist "zutiefst gerührt" von Familie Schleyer - DIE WELT" (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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