Cordelia Edvardson

Cordelia Edvardson
Cordelia Edvardson
	A plaque at Edvardson's childhood home in Berlin, marking her deportation to Auschwitz.
Born	Cordelia Maria Heller; 1 January 1929; Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Died	29 October 2012 (aged 83); Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Journalist, author
Parent(s)	Hermann Heller and Elisabeth Langgässer
Relatives	Lukas Heller (half-brother); Bruno Heller (nephew); Zoë Heller (niece)

Cordelia Maria Edvardson (née Heller; 1 January 1929 – 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.[1] Edvardson reported extensively on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,[1] remaining a columnist for Svenska Dagbladet after leaving her post in 2006.[1]

Background

Edvardson was born in Munich, Germany, in 1929.[1] She was raised Catholic.[1] However, since her father, Hermann Heller, was Jewish, Edvardson was arrested by the Nazis and deported to the Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps during the Holocaust.[1] Her maternal grandfather had also been Jewish, and converted to Catholicism.

After immigrating to Sweden after World War II, Edvardson began her journalism career. In 1984, she published an autobiography documenting her life as a Holocaust survivor, which earned her the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis literary prize.[1]

Passing

Cordelia Edvardson died from an illness in Stockholm on 29 October 2012, at the age of 83.[1]

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References

"Swedish journalist, Auschwitz survivor Cordelia Edvardson dies at 83". Associated Press. Washington Post. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

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[wp-1] "Swedish journalist, Auschwitz survivor Cordelia Edvardson dies at 83". Associated Press. Washington Post. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.