The Donnepp Media Award awarded to Judith Scheytt was withdrawn due to accusations of antisemitism. Among the accusations were Scheytt wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Never again means never again” and that she was “too activist.” The Association of Friends of the Adolf Grimme Award (Verein der Freunde des Adolf-Grimme-Preises) had the prize withdrawn because it wanted to avoid a threatening media campaign based on antisemitism. The decision to revoke the award was based on the activities of the Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation. In protest against the revocation of the award, several recipients (Fabian Goldmann, Bilal Bahadır and Çağdaş Eren Yüksel) returned their awards and directors Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block did not accept their award during the ceremony.