it is said that more than 3.5 million people have seen hanns dieter hüsch's live performances from 1947 to 2000. he received the bundesverdienstkreuz and, twice, the german cabaret award "deutscher kleinkunstpreis"; he also received honorary citizenship of moers and mainz, the north rhine-westphalia culture prize, the 1995 kassel literary prize, and the culture prize of rhineland-palatinate, as well as other honors.