The Buber-Rosenzweig-Medaille is an annual prize awarded since 1968 by the
Deutscher Koordinierungsrat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit
(DKR; German Coordinating Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation) to individuals, initiatives, or institutions, which have actively contributed to
Christian–Jewish understanding. Forty-four different societies belong to the DKR. The name of the prize honors the memory of the
Austrian-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator
Martin Buber (1878–1965) and the
German-Jewish theologian
Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929). In its inaugural year, the prize was granted to both the historian
Friedrich Heer (Gottes erste Liebe; God's First Love) and the
Protestant theologian
Friedrich-Wilhelm Marquardt (Die Entdeckung des Judentums für die christliche Theologie: Israel im Denken Karl Barths; The Discovery of Judaism for Christian Theology: Israel in the Thought of
Karl Barth).