English subtitles for clip: File:Zuckmayer-Medaille 2019 21.webm

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What does the Carl-Zuckmayer-Medal mean to you against the background of the current debate?

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The award of the medal is a recognition of my literary work.

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And that is important because every author, every artist needs recognition.

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Anyone who says they don't need them is lying. And if you address the background

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I said everything. I made a formal mistake. I have summarized Walter Hallstein and made the mistake of saying he would have said the same. I apologized for the mistake.

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But I attach importance to the fact that this finally penetrates once: I have falsified nothing.

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For a counterfeit, you need intent to counterfeit. I didn't have it.

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I can give them if you want, if you give me an hour of broadcasting time. I'll read Hallstein citations for an hour. And then I would ask you, how would you sum that up? You would come to exactly the sentences I used.

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I didn't falsify anything. I did not damage the reputation of Walter Hallstein, on the contrary. It means I didn't commit fraud. And in the Christian West, I actually expect that if you apologize for a mistake, you will be forgiven.

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But it is apparently very Old Testament, according to the motto: After the first stone was thrown by an innocent one - that was Prof Winkler - all others do not have to be innocent - one can begin to stone.

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Q: Let's get back to the debate. A distinction was made between the writer and the political speaker. Where do they see yourselve personally?

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I am a writer, I see myself as an artist who always wants to bring his political thinking into the discussion. It's not always easy to get this fine schizophrenia on. Now I am an artist, now I am a political discussant.