Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum was awarded this year's Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. During her acceptance speech, she argued that "‘I want peace’ is not always a moral argument." Prominent American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum urged continued support for Ukraine as she accepted a prestigious German prize yesterday, arguing that pacifism in the face of aggression is often nothing more than appeasement.
Applebaum made her appeal to an audience in Frankfurt, where she was awarded the . She was joined by her husband, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, who like his wife is a strong voice on the international stage for supporting Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s brutal invasion. “If there is even a small chance that military defeat could help end this horrific cult of violence in Russia, just as military defeat once brought an end to the cult of violence in Germany, we should take it,” Applebaum said.
“Some even call for peace by referring solemnly to the ‘lessons of German history,” Applebaum noted, according to a transcript of her speech published by the prize organization. “As I am here today accepting a peace prize, this seems the right moment to point out that ‘I want peace’ is not always a moral argument. This is also the right moment to say that the lesson of German history is not that Germans should be pacifists.
" She added: "On the contrary, we have known for nearly a century that a deman.
