Friedel Stern

Friedel Stern ( Hebrew פרידל שטרן; born 1917 in Leipzig ; died October 29, 2006 in Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli cartoonist .

Life

Her mother made sure that Friedel Stern, who was one of her four children, acquired the right to emigrate to Palestine by attending Zionist agriculture courses. While Stern escaped persecution by the National Socialists in this way , the mother was deported in 1942 and murdered by the Nazis.

In Palestine, which at the time was under a British mandate, she enrolled as a graphic student at the Bezalel Academy .

After completing her studies, she initially lived in Tel Aviv . With the entry of the United Kingdom into World War II , she enlisted as a nurse to care for the wounded with the British troops and, although she had no medical training, was on duty in Italy with a few other women. Due to her education, however, she was soon used in other areas, such as camouflaging the troops.

After the end of the war she returned to Israel, where she worked as a draftsman for three years in the surveying service . During this time she met Yossi Stern , who was looking for new cartoonists for his newspaper. She quickly became a well-known illustrator and earned a reputation that continues to this day.

From February 9th to April 3rd, 2005, a selection of her work was shown at the 5th "Karicartoon" Biennale in Leipzig .

Web links

• Biographical
• Details about the exhibition ( Memento from February 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )