Hédi Fried |
Hédi Fried born 1924 in Sighet, Transylvania (Rumania), eldest of two sisters
June 1942 Bacalaureat Cluj, Hungary
June 1943 Teacher´s Exam, Miskolc, Hungary .
May 1944 Transport to Auschwitz -
April 1945 Liberation at Bergen Belsen
July 1945 Arrival to Sweden
Sep. 1945 Household work followed by factory work, office work and studies.
June 1948 Marries Michael, a fellow Survivor - three children
June 1957 B.A. in Psychology and Pedagogics at Stockholm University
Sep. 1962 Husband dies
1962 - 1972 Manager of own business for Medical Supplies
1972 - 1977 General Manager of an American Company for -"-
1980 M.A. in Psychology, Stockholm University
From 1984 Director of Café 84, Psychosocial Day Care Center for Survivors
From 1990 Therapy groups of Child Survivors and Second Generation. Dialogue
Seminars.
Holocaust Lectures and Seminars in High Schools and Colleges,
advisor to the Government.
2000 Member of Forum for Living History, planning Committee for the
future Swedish Holocaust Museum and Educational Center
Books published:
1990 Fragments of a Life , published in England, transl. of Sw. original
1991 -"- Large Print Ed. -"- -"-
1992 -"- Swedish original, published in Sweden
1993 -"- Russian transl. " Moscow
1995 Back to Life Swedish orig. -"- Stockholm
1995 Fragments... German translation publ. in Germany
1995 Fragments... Hebrew transl. published in Israel
1996 Fragments....The Road to Auschwitz publ. in Nebraska, US.
1997 Café 84; A Social Daycare Center for Survivors and their
Children, in Past Trauma in Late Life, Ed. L.Hurt, M.Marshall
Ch.Rowlings, Jessica Kingsley Publ. London
1998 Sweden and the Holocaust publ. in An International Study
in Trauma and Healing Ed. J. Kestenberg & Ch. Kahn
Praeger, Westport
2000 "A third Life; From an Earthquake in the Soul to a
Meanningful Life" published in Sweden.
Different publications in Swedish and English journals and newspapers.
Awards:
1997 Swedish Geropsychologist Organization for her untiring humanitarian work
1997 Stockholm County, for her work agains xenophobia
1998 Swedish Government "Illis Quorum Meruere Labore" for her educational
work and work with Survivors.
1999 Swedish Peace Price
1999 European of the Year
2000 Culture Prize for fighting for a human and democratic culture
2000 Award from De Nio for cultural activity
2001 Award from Stockholm Jewish Community for promoting Jewish matters
Till html februari 2002