For the German actor and human rights activist Rolf Becker, this has been a good year. First, he has marked a birthday: his 90th! Secondly, he has just been awarded the first Rosa Luxemburg Prize, named for the brillant German socialist leader.
Rolf Becker has been a human rights activist for over 50 years. I met him when I was on death row in Greene County, in Waynesburg, in 2009. (That was over 16 years ago!)
To Rolf Becker: Congratulations!