Cordelia Edvardson

• 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)

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.

• 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.

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.