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Hédi Fried

Hédi Fried

1924–2022

Nationality
Sweden
Occupation
writer

Hédi Fried (née Szmuk; 15 June 1924 – 19 November 2022) was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  3. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  4. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown

Biography

Hédi Fried (née Szmuk; 15 June 1924 – 19 November 2022) was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist. A Holocaust survivor, she passed through Auschwitz as well as Bergen-Belsen, coming to Sweden in July 1945 with the boat M/S Rönnskär. Fried died in November 2022, at the age of 98.

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