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Lena Einhorn (* 1954 ) is a Swedish doctor, documentary filmmaker and author.

Life

Lena Einhorn 2006

Her parents were radiation therapists Jerzy and Nina Einhorn (1925–2002). Her brother Stefan (* 1955) is a doctor and author. Einhorn obtained her PhD as a tumor biologist and virologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. She researched tumor viruses and the question of why the development of cancer is severely inhibited in embryonic life.

From 1989 she worked in New York at Lifetime Television, initially as a medical editor, wrote medical documentaries and produced scientific and medical documentaries, also for other TV companies. From 1993 she also produced television programs for Sveriges Television , gradually switching to drama documentaries.

Literary work

Lena Einhorn's mother was of Polish origin. She told her daughter the story of her life, from her youth in Poland, the German invasion of Poland to her escape from the Warsaw ghetto . This material formed the basis for her book Nina's Journey . Her book Human Trafficking under the Swastika is about the Jewish refugee Gilel Storch , who in the middle of the war was preparing to travel from Stockholm to Berlin to negotiate with Heinrich Himmler about the rescue of Jews.

In 1997/98 Einhorn made the film Stateless, arrogant and lunatic (Handelsresande i liv). A book about the actress Siri von Essen followed in 2011 .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Human trafficking under the swastika. From the Swedish by Wolfgang Butt, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-608-94010-3 .
  • Nina's journey: how my mother escaped the Warsaw ghetto. From the Swedish by Susanne Dahmann, Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-60042-8 .
  • The riddle of Damascus: were Jesus and Paul one and the same person? Translated from Swedish by Lotta Rüegger and Holger Wolandt, Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-13126-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ In 1945, British authorities named Gilel Storch that way
  3. ↑ Website of the Prix Europa ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prix-europa.de
personal data
SURNAME Unicorn, Lena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish doctor, documentary filmmaker and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1954