The German Football federation (DFB) has bestowed the 2008 Julius-Hirsch-Prize upon Werder Bremen for their on-going battle against racism, discrimination and violence. The decision was made by the Julius-Hirsch-Prize jury, under the guidance of former German Federal Minister Dr. Otto Schily, at their conference in the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.

Along with the Green-Whites, fan initiatives from Düren and Leipzig were also acknowledged for their many years of campaigning against discrimination and racism. Werder Bremen will receive the prize at a specially organised function in Berlin on 19.11.2008.

The prize, which is in memoriam of the Jewish-German international Julius Hirsch (1892-43), who was murdered in Auschwitz, was launched by the DFB in 2005 as a consequence of the federation’s role during the German period of National Socialism. It is an acknowledgement of tolerance and human dignity against extremism, racism and anti-Semitism.