Hédi Fried (née Szmuk; 15 June 1924 – 19 November 2022) was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist.[1][2] A Holocaust survivor, she passed through Auschwitz as well as Bergen-Belsen,[3] coming to Sweden in July 1945 with the boat M/S Rönnskär.[4]
Hédi Fried | |
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Born | Hédi Szmuk 15 June 1924 |
Died | 19 November 2022 | (aged 98)
Occupation(s) | Writer, psychologist |
Awards
edit- The Seraphim Medal (Sweden: 2019)[8][9]
- The Medal Illis Quorum in gold of the 8th size (Sweden; 1998)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2017)[10]
- Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania (2016)[11]
- The Swedish Europe-movement award European of the Year (1997)
- Natur & Kultur Culture Award (1998)
- Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society's Eldh-Ekblad Peace Prize (1999)[12]
- Honorary Doctor of Stockholm University (2002)
- Raoul Wallenberg Academy's award Raoul Wallenberg Prize (2015)
- Olof Palme Prize from the Olof Palme Memorial Fund (2017)
Books of Hédi Fried
edit- 1992 – Skärvor av ett liv. Vägen till och från Auschwitz, Natur & Kultur, ISBN 91-27-02963-8
- 1995 – Livet tillbaka, Natur & Kultur, ISBN 91-27-05353-9
- 2002 – Ett tredje liv: från jordbävning i själen till meningsfull tillvaro, Natur & Kultur, ISBN 91-27-09280-1
- 2003 – Livets pendel. Fragment, erfarenheter, insikter, Lärarhandledning Natur & Kultur, ISBN 91-27-09398-0
- 2017 – Frågor jag fått om Förintelsen, Natur & Kultur, ISBN 978-91-27-15085-0
- 2019 – Historien om Bodri, Natur & Kultur, ISBN 978-91-27-16125-2
References
edit- ^ MacKenzie, Steven (25 January 2019). "Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried: 'Why aren't you thinking with your heart?'". The Big Issue. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Larsson, Thomas (22 January 2015). "Överlevande från Auschwitz: "Jag blir arg, för det händer igen"". SVT Nyheter. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Holocaust survivor and grandchild of Nazis speak out against hate and racism". The Local. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "I dag är jag rädd igen". Dagens Nyheter. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Hédi Fried har avlidit". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Hédi Fried är död – blev 98 år". Dagens Nyheter. 20 November 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Korn: Hédi Fried gav livsmod genom sin tro på det goda". bulletin.nu. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Medaljförläningar 28 januari 2019". Sveriges Kungahus. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Kungen delade ut medaljer". Sveriges Kungahus. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth (1 March 2017). "Tal vid överlämnande av "Förbundsrepubliken Tysklands Förtjänstkors I. Klass" till Hédi Fried den 1 mars 2017" [Speech on the submission of "Federal Republic of Germany Merit Cross Class I" to Hédi Fried on March 1, 2017]. Deutsche Botschaft Stockholm (in Swedish). German Embassy in Stockholm. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "En kväll tillägnad Minnesdagen för Förintelsens offer på Rumänska kulturinstitutet i Stockholm". Rumänska kulturistitutet. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Hédi Fried och Anita Dorazio tilldelade Svenska Freds- och Skiljedomsföreningens utmärkelse Eldh-Ekblads fredspris" [Hédi Fried and Anita Dorazio awarded the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society's Eldh-Ekblad Peace Prize]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 23 May 1999. p. 6. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links
edit- Media related to Hédi Fried at Wikimedia Commons