Margot Friedländer’s
Foundation Launch
Margot Friedländer is a public speaker, activist, and humanitarian — and the sole Holocaust survivor of her family. At 88 years, after more than six decades in exile in the US, she returned to Berlin.
She came back, in her words, “to lend us her hand.” And with that gesture, she offered something even more powerful: a message shaped by unimaginable loss and enduring hope.
As one of the last living witnesses of the Holocaust, her words ring with clarity and urgency, especially now, as we witness new cycles of violence, division, and dehumanization:
“There is no Christian, no Muslim, no Jewish blood. There is only human blood. Be human. We are all the same.”
In 2024, at the age of 102, Frau Friedländer has launched her own foundation, that will award the Margot Friedländer Prize: Intended for individuals who stand up for humanity. In particular, she wants to honor those, who champion tolerance and fight any form of anti-democracy, anti-semitism, and any forms of xenophobia.
For the launch of this remarkable foundation, we created a short film.
Please watch it below.
Credits:
ECD: Damon Aval
Creative Director: Vanessa Schefke
Art Directors: Aldo Heubel & Julius Vogliano
Account Manager: Antonia Richert
Producer: Michael Haller
Agency: antoni Berlin
CEO antoni Berlin: Sven Dörrenbächer
MD antoni Berlin: Christina Müller
Production Support: Timm Reinfarth, Tempomedia Filmproduktion
Director: Vanessa Schefke
DoP: Jan Prahl
Editing: Simon Klinkertz
Color Grading: Colorist Name
Sound Design: Rekorder-Studios
Equipment: Vantage Film & LichtHaus Berlin
Logo Design: Marc Hofmann & Sebastian Hennig
Casting Director: Nihal Ünsal of Solo Efectivo
SEC Studio, Atelier Grüneberg, DIFFERENCE CC, Frank Friedemann, Alexander Sachariew, Jasmin Arnold, Tom Zylla, Nihal Sal, Prof. Dr. Karsten Dreinhöfer, Prof. Monika Grütters, Dr. (phil.) Mathias Döpfner, Dr. h.c. Joachim Gauck, Dr. Nico Raabe, Lana Summer Kloss, Maria & Carl Safader, Bruno Löhr, Darron Waleed Amahadu Adamou, Andreas Breitenborn, Steffi Dietz, Havin Ela Aksu, Ercan Yasaroglu, Livia Mathes, Vincent Rojas Hauser, Josephine Rojas Hauser, Klara Simon, Ebenezer Bentil, Mona El Sayed, Antonia Breidenbach, Yvonne Bruder, Mohamad „Hamudi“ Mahmoud, Melanie Stahlkopf, Ikko Masuda, Mai-Phuong Kollath, Ferenc Hejjas, Nikita Tomilov, Theresa Thielmann, Lara Deininger, Birthe Schreiber
Thank you to:
