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

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- Name
- Cordelia Edvardson
- Birth Name
- Cordelia Maria Langgässer
- Born
- 1 January 1929
- Birthplace
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Died
- 29 October 2012
- Place of death
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupation
- Journalist, author
- Nationality
- Weimar Republic, Spain, Sweden and Israel.
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Cordelia Maria Edvardson (née Langgässer; 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. Edvardson reported extensively on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, remaining a columnist for Svenska Dagbladet after leaving her post in 2006.
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• Name — Cordelia Edvardson • Birth Name — Cordelia Maria Langgässer • Born — 1 January 1929 • Birthplace — Munich, Bavaria, Germany • Died — 29 October 2012 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Parents — Hermann Heller Elisabeth Langgässer • Occupation — Journalist, author • Relatives — Lukas Heller (half-brother) Bruno Heller (nephew) Zoë Heller (niece)
Background
Background
Edvardson was born in Munich, Germany, in 1929. She was raised Catholic. 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. 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 (Bränt barn söker sig till elden (English: Burned Child Seeks the Fire)) documenting her life as a Holocaust survivor, which earned her the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis literary prize.
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• Illustration — A plaque at Edvardson's childhood home in Berlin, marking her deportation to Auschwitz. Cordelia Edvardson died from an illness in Stockholm on 29 October 2012, at the age of 83.
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Cordelia Edvardson was recorded at birth as Cordelia Maria Langgässer. The authorities additionally record the heading Cordelia Maria Edvardson. Her recorded languages were Spanish and Swedish. She was the child of Hermann Heller and Elisabeth Langgässer.

Foto på Cordelia Edvardson infört i Svenska Dagbladet 1963-04-08.
Peter Engler · Svenska Dagbladet via IMS Vintage Photos

Cordelia Edvardson
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1929
Cordelia Edvardson was born in 1929.
2012
Cordelia Edvardson died at Stockholm.
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scholarly publication
- Sweden as New Homeland. Autobiographical Holocaust writing by Cordelia Edvardson and Ebba Sorbom, The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 2007
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q24999: Cordelia Edvardson
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Sweden as New Homeland. Autobiographical Holocaust writing by Cordelia Edvardson and Ebba Sorbom, The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 2007Crossref registry
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Cordelia Edvardson received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, Jolopriset and H. The King's Medal. Recorded as writer, journalist, autobiographer and poet.
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