Location:
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Post Date:
Sep 21, 2014 2:05 PM
TAG ID:
dpaphotostwo208124
(RM)
Credit:
Jan Woitas/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
3577 x 5314 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Jan Woitas
Keywords:
speech, ceremony, award, Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) speaks during the award ceremony of the International Mendelssohn Prize in Leipzig (Saxony), Germany, 20 September 2014. Giving the award to Genscher, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, honors a personality whose professional career is closely connected to the peaceful revolution, according to the jury. The prize has been awarded by the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation since 2007. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa