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Cordelia Edvardson
1929–2012
- Nationality
- Weimar Republic
- Occupation
- writer
Cordelia Maria Edvardson (née Langgässer; 1 January 1929 â 29 October 2012) was a German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Cordelia Maria Edvardson (née Langgässer; 1 January 1929 â 29 October 2012) was a German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor. She was the Jerusalem correspondent for Svenska Dagbladet, a Swedish daily newspaper, from 1977 to 2006. Edvardson reported extensively on the IsraeliâPalestinian conflict, remaining a columnist for Svenska Dagbladet after leaving her post in 2006.
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