Hédi Fried Explained

Hédi Fried
Birth Name:	Hédi Szmuk
Birth Date:	1924 6, df=y
Birth Place:	Sighet, Romania
Death Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:	Writer, psychologist

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]

Fried died in November 2022, at the age of 98.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Awards

• 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

• 1992 – Skärvor av ett liv. Vägen till och från Auschwitz, Natur & Kultur,
• 1995 – Livet tillbaka, Natur & Kultur,
• 2002 – Ett tredje liv: från jordbävning i själen till meningsfull tillvaro, Natur & Kultur,
• 2003 – Livets pendel. Fragment, erfarenheter, insikter, Lärarhandledning Natur & Kultur,
• 2017 – Frågor jag fått om Förintelsen, Natur & Kultur,
• 2019 – Historien om Bodri, Natur & Kultur,

References

1. Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried: 'Why aren't you thinking with your heart?'. Steven. MacKenzie. 25 January 2019. The Big Issue. 20 November 2022. 20 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221120102850/https://www.bigissue.com/news/holocaust-survivor-hedi-fried-why-arent-you-thinking-with-your-heart/. live.
2. News: Överlevande från Auschwitz: "Jag blir arg, för det händer igen". SVT Nyheter. 22 January 2015. 20 July 2015. Larsson. Thomas. 10 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810233327/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/jag-blir-arg-for-det-hander-igen. live.
3. News: Holocaust survivor and grandchild of Nazis speak out against hate and racism. The Local. 21 March 2018. 20 November 2022. 20 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221120102724/https://www.thelocal.se/20180321/holocaust-survivor-and-granddaughter-of-nazis-speak-out-against-hate-and-racism/. live.
4. News: I dag är jag rädd igen. Dagens Nyheter. 21 January 2015. 20 July 2015. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150607052649/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kulturdebatt/i-dag-ar-jag-radd-igen/. live.
5. Web site: Hédi Fried har avlidit . SVT Nyheter . 20 November 2022 . sv . 21 February 2024.
6. Web site: Hédi Fried är död – blev 98 år. 20 November 2022. Dagens Nyheter. 1 March 2023. 1 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201012219/https://www.dn.se/kultur/hedi-fried-ar-dod-blev-98-ar/. live.
7. Web site: Korn: Hédi Fried gav livsmod genom sin tro på det goda. bulletin.nu. 1 March 2023. 27 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221127013830/https://bulletin.nu/korn-h-di-fried-gav-livsmod-genom-sin-tro-pa-det-goda. live.
8. Web site: Medaljförläningar 28 januari 2019. Sveriges Kungahus. 28 January 2019. 29 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122945/https://www.kungahuset.se/press/pressmeddelanden/2019pressmeddelanden/medaljforlaningar28januari2019.5.7ce04b63167c576df6c1328e.html. dead.
9. Web site: Kungen delade ut medaljer. Sveriges Kungahus. 13 February 2019. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121010255/https://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/kungendeladeutmedaljer.5.7ce04b63167c576df6c1ca0e.html. dead.
10. Web site: Tal vid överlämnande av "Förbundsrepubliken Tysklands Förtjänstkors I. Klass" till Hédi Fried den 1 mars 2017 . sv . Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth . Speech on the submission of "Federal Republic of Germany Merit Cross Class I" to Hédi Fried on March 1, 2017 . Deutsche Botschaft Stockholm . German Embassy in Stockholm . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171014183259/http://www.stockholm.diplo.de/Vertretung/stockholm/sv/00/Seite__Rede__Botschafter__170203-sv.html . 1 March 2017 . 14 October 2017 . 15 October 2018.
11. Web site: En kväll tillägnad Minnesdagen för Förintelsens offer på Rumänska kulturinstitutet i Stockholm. Rumänska kulturistitutet. 26 January 2016. 15 October 2018. 18 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205752/http://www.icr.ro/stockholm/evenimente-dedicate-zilei-de-comemorare-a-victimelor-holocaustului-la-icr-stockholm/sv. live.
12. News: Hédi Fried och Anita Dorazio tilldelade Svenska Freds- och Skiljedomsföreningens utmärkelse Eldh-Ekblads fredspris . Swedish . Hédi Fried and Anita Dorazio awarded the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society's Eldh-Ekblad Peace Prize . Svenska Dagbladet . 6 . 23 May 1999 . 18 June 2018 . 19 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619012728/https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1999-05-23/6 . live .