definition", despite "committing inexcusable injustice towards its citizens". Like the other members of the Bundestag parliamentary group of the Left Party, she is under surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Awards Before she started her political activities, she received several professional awards for her work as a journalist. 1971: Adolf Grimme Award 1981: Alexander Zinn Award 1984: Prix Italia 2000: Hedwig Dohm Certificate 2001: Hessian Order of Merit References 1936 births Living people Politicians from Nuremberg Members of the Bundestag for Thuringia German journalists German women journalists Hessischer Rundfunk people Aufstehen Candidates for President of Germany 21st-century German politicians Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag for The Left 21st-century German women