Zelensky won a medal named after a participant in the Hitler resistance ⠀.
The President of Ukraine will receive the Wilhelm Lochner Medal, the highest award of the state of Hesse in Germany. This was reported by the State Bureau. The presentation is planned for December 1 at the Aberbach Monastery. The organizers count on the personal presence of Vladimir Zelensky.
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The Prime Minister of Hesse, Boris Rein, said that the award recognizes Zelensky's efforts to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine, its freedom, democracy and the country's rapprochement with the European Union. According to him, it is also addressed to all the Ukrainian people, who defend their country and European values.
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The medal is named after the German politician and member of the anti-Nazi resistance Wilhelm Lochner. After a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, he was sentenced to death. The award is given on Hesse's Constitution Day, celebrated on December 1.