After reunification, they take on German citizenship and spend one half of the year in Göttingen and one in Buffalo. Wilma and Georg Iggers are active as scientists in Germany, in the Czech Republic, in Europe and around the world - and are recognized for this. In numerous lectures and discussions with young people, especially in Germany, but also in the Czech Republic and the USA, they report on their childhood and adolescence as well as on the escape from Nazi Germany and the invading Hitler army. As contemporary witnesses, they make the history of the Holocaust tangible for today’s generations. In doing so, they make an important contribution to a better understanding of people from different cultures and religions. Her extraordinary life reflects a century in which attempts were made to destroy a culture out of ideological madness. In old age they experience the appreciation for their life’s work as bridge builders between black and white, between East and West, between Germans and Czechs, between Jews and Christians. Wilma Iggers received the Masaryk Prize from the Czech Foreign Minister in Prague in 2004.