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

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, its collaborators before and during World War II ...

, she passed through

Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschw ...

as well as

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Belsen (), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen, Lower Saxony, Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, ...

, coming to Sweden in July 1945 with the boat M/S ''Rönnskär''. Fried died in November 2022, at the age of 98.

Awards

* The

Seraphim Medal The Seraphim Medal () is a royal medal of Sweden. Established in 1748, it is awarded by the King of Sweden for service that benefits society or service of a humanitarian nature. Appearance The Seraphim Medal is a gold medal of the 8th size. The o ...

(Sweden: 2019) * The Medal

Illis Quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gusta ...

in gold of the 8th size (Sweden; 1998) * Officer's Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

(2017) * Knight of the

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the Order of Michael the Brave. It is the oldest Order of Romania. It is awarded by the Preside ...

(2016) * The Swedish Europe-movement award European of the Year (1997) *

Natur & Kultur Natur & Kultur is a Swedish publishing foundation with its head office in Stockholm. It is known for an extensive series of teaching materials, and its logotype is an apple tree. Overview The publishing house was founded in 1922 by Johan H ...

Culture Award (1998) *

Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS) () is a non-governmental organization in Sweden, dedicated to peace, disarmament and democratization. It operates by methods including publishing, lobbying, activism and participating in political de ...

's Eldh-Ekblad Peace Prize (1999) * Honorary Doctor of

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

(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'',

, * 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'',

, * 2019 – ''Historien om Bodri'', Natur & Kultur,

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fried, Hedi 1924 births 2022 deaths People from Sighetu Marmației Romanian emigrants to Sweden Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivors 20th-century Romanian Jews Swedish Jews Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Swedish women writers Recipients of the Illis quorum Stockholm University alumni Jewish Swedish writers Jewish women writers