The author Ines Geipel receives the Sibling Scholl Prize 2026 for her book «Landscape without witnesses. Buchenwald and the crack of memory». The jury particularly praised the combination of historical accuracy, intellectual independence and responsible judgment. The Bavarian Association of the German Book Trade Stock Exchange Association and the Bavarian capital Munich want to award Geipel the prize, which is endowed with 10,000 euros, accordin…
Germany's memory culture is once again being fought for. Now an author receives the prestigious prize for a work on the Buchenwald concentration camp as a political memory space.