Polish journalist Adam Michnik holds his Goethe Medal during the 2011 Goethe Medals presentation of the Goethe Institute in the Grand Ducal Palace in Weimar, central Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. This medal, an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany, honors foreign personalities who have performed outstanding service for the German language and international cultural relations. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)