Gitta Sereny
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Austrian publicist and writer (1921–2012)
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- Works
- 24
Top works
- Bambini invisibili. La prostituzione infantile in Europa e in America
- Au fond des ténèbres
- En aquellas tinieblas
- Vienna and the Origins of Bigotry
- Das Ringen mit der Wahrheit : Albert Speer und das deutsche Trauma
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Key facts
- Born
- 13 March 1921, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- 14 June 2012 (2012-06-14) (aged 91) , Cambridge , England , UK
- Occupation
- Writer historian journalist
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Non-fiction
- Subject
- The Holocaust, child abuse, society
- Notable works
- The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered (1972) , "Into That Darkness, an examination of conscience" (1974) , Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth (1995)
- Notable awards
- Duff Cooper Prize (1995) , James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1995), Stig Dagerman Prize (2002) , CBE (2004)
- Spouse
- Don Honeyman (1948–2011)
- Relatives
- Ludwig von Mises (stepfather)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- German
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- date of death
- 2012-06-14
- date of birth
- 1923-03-13
- stepparent
- Ludwig von Mises
- P8168
- Regina Spektor
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Gitta Sereny, CBE (13 March 1921 – 14 June 2012) was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who became known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp.
Born and initially raised in Austria, she was the author of five books, including The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered (1972) and Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth (1995).
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