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== Honors == [[File:Axel Springerbronze.jpg|thumb|Bronze sculpture of Springer at the courtyard of the ''[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]'']] Springer received honorary degrees from [[Bar-Ilan University]] in [[Ramat Gan]] (1974), and the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] (1976).<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ksw0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84|isbn = 9781137570291|title = Germans and Jews Since the Holocaust|date = 24 November 2015|publisher = Macmillan International Higher Education}}</ref> In 1977 he received the American Friendship Medal.<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnIpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA574|isbn=9781442269576|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany|date=18 October 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield}}</ref> In 1978, he was awarded the inaugural [[Leo Baeck Medal]].<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref name="Rowman & Littlefield"/><ref>{{Cite book |isbn = 9783598219405|title = Der deutsch-israelische Dialog: Dokumentation eines erregenden Kapitels deutscher Aussenpolitik|year = 1987|publisher = K.G. Saur |page = 55}}</ref> In 1985, he received the gold medal of the Jewish service organisation [[B'nai B'rith]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Springer, Axel Caesar |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/springer-axel-caesardeg |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=14 February 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023234840/https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/springer-axel-caesardeg |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1981, [[Franz Josef Strauss]] presented Springer the [[Konrad Adenauer Prize|Konrad Adenauer Freedom Prize]] in recognition of his contribution to the foundation of a liberal press system, his commitment to the reunification of Germany in peace and freedom, and his exemplary activity in support of reconciliation between German and Jewish people.<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Limited|first=Alamy|title=Stock Photo β Jan. 9, 1958 [actually 1981]- Axel Springer Got The Konrad-Adenauer-Freedom-Award: The Konrad-adenauer-freedom-award of this year was given to the West-Berlin publisher Axel Springer by the|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-jan-09-1958-axel-springer-got-the-konrad-adenauer-freedom-award-the-88604625.html|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Alamy|language=en|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061001/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-jan-09-1958-axel-springer-got-the-konrad-adenauer-freedom-award-the-88604625.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Posthumously, Springer received both the Hamburg Citizens' Award in 1990 and the Theodor Herzl Prize of the [[World Jewish Congress]] in 2014.
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