Into That Darkness
| Gitta Sereny | |
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| Born | 13 March 1921 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 14 June 2012 (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) 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, his death) |
| Relatives | Ludwig von Mises (stepfather) |
Gitta Sereny, CBE (13 March 1921 – 14 June 2012) was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who came to be known for her interviews and profiles of controversial 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).
Sereny was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her book on Albert Speer in 1995, and the Stig Dagerman Prize in 2002. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004 for services to journalism.
Sereny was born in Vienna, Austria in 1921. Her father was a Hungarian Protestant , Ferdinand Serény, who died when she was two. Her mother was a former actress from Hamburg, Margit Herzfeld, of German background. Her stepfather was the economist Ludwig von Mises.
When she was thirteen, her train journey to a boarding school in the United Kingdom was delayed in Nuremberg where she attended one of the annual Nuremberg rallies. After writing about the rally for a class assignment she was given Mein Kampf to read by her teacher so she might be able to understand what she saw there. After the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1938, she moved to France, where she worked with orphans during the German occupation until she had to flee the country because of her connection to the French Resistance.
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