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The Dresden Prize is an international peace prize, which each year on the 13th February, the anniversary of the destruction of Dresden, is awarded.

It rewards outstanding performance against conflicts, violence escalations. The award was established in 2009 in Dresden and founded by the association of the Friends of Dresden which is an offshoot of the US development association Friends of Dresden Inc. in New York, that was founded by Günter Blobel.

The winners will receive a 30 cm high bronze statue by artist Konstanze Feindt Eißner.

The award is intended to counteract also the collection of the Dresden Memorial Day by right-wing extremists, according to organizers. The first presentation in 2010 was for security reasons at the request of the Saxon Interior Ministry postponed by one day.