Herbert Freeden

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Herbert Freeden (actually: Herbert H. Friedenthal ; born January 22, 1909 in Posen , † November 13, 2003 in Jerusalem ) was a German author and publicist .

Life

Herbert Friedenthal studied law in Göttingen, Berlin, Munich and Leipzig from 1927 to 1935. He completed his studies with a PhD. phil. from. During his studies he worked as a journalist in Berlin, where in 1933 he also took over the management of the cultural department of the Zionist Association for Germany . In June 1939 Friedenthal emigrated to England; in London he changed his last name to Freeden. From September 1950 he lived in Jerusalem and worked there for the National Jewish Foundation, as he had before in England. In addition to his work as a correspondent for numerous magazines worldwide, including the German Frankfurter Rundschau , he published various works on contemporary history. On April 10, 1974, he received the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class.

Works (selection)

  • The invisible chain. 1936 (novel).
  • A ship on the move. 1938 (novella).
  • Kant said no. 1938 (novella).
  • Grist to God's mill. 1946 (novel).
  • On the spiritual resistance of the German Jews. 1963 (essay).
  • Jewish theater in Nazi Germany. 1964 (essay).
  • The witch houses. 1969 (novel).
  • I live in Jerusalem. 1975 (novel).
  • The Jewish press in the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 1987.
  • Life at the wrong time. Berlin 1991 (autobiography).

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Elke-Vera Kotowski (Ed.): Jews in Berlin. Biographies. 2005 Henschel Verlag Berlin, p. 84 f.
  2. ↑ Information from the Federal President's Office.
personal data
SURNAME Freeden, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedenthal, Herbert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Israeli writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2003
Place of death Jerusalem