The Board of Trustees has elected the German literary and cultural scientist Aleida Assmann and the German Egyptologist and cultural scientist Jan Assmann as the recipients of the 2018 Peace Prize. The award ceremony took place on October 14, 2018 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. The laudatory speech was given by the German-American literary scholar Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht.In 2018, the Börsenverein awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade to Aleida and Jan Assmann, honoring a pair of researchers who have inspired and complemented each other's work for decades. With her scientifically based studies, the literary and cultural scientist Aleida Assmann takes up the ever-growing topics of historical forgetfulness and the culture of remembrance.In view of the growing political instrumentalization of recent German history, it provides a high level of enlightenment on questions of a nation's cultural memory. Her work points out that an open and honest approach to the past is a fundamental condition for peaceful coexistence.Through his extensive academic work, the Egyptologist and cultural scientist Jan Assmann has initiated international debates about fundamental questions about the cultural and religious conflicts of our time. With his writings on the connection between religion and violence as well as the genesis of intolerance and the claim to absolute truth, he makes an indispensable contribution to understanding the willingness and ability of religions for peace in today's global society.From this exciting, complementary unity that Aleida and Jan Assmann form, a two-part work has emerged that is of great importance for contemporary debates and, in particular, for peaceful coexistence in the world.