First recipients were Paul Spiegel ( posthumous ) , who was a member of the executive committee of the Central Council of Jews in Germany , and Hinrich Reemtsma , whose foundation constributed $ 500,000 for the removal of the Jewish community centre in Hamburg .
First recipients were Paul Spiegel ( posthumous ) , who was a member of the executive committee of the `` Zentralrat der Juden '' , and Hinrich Reemtsma , whose foundation constributed $ 500,000 for the removal of the Jewish community centre in Hamburg .