Karl Plagge Award
The Karl Plagge Award is donated by descendants of the family of Karl Plagge and awarded to school students in Lithuania, who concentrate on the Jewish Lithuanian history more than required by the school curriculum. The Prize is awarded yearly and is supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.
The prize money is donated privately by the Plagge family with the support of friends.
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