Sereny, Gitta

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Name (Hebrew)
סרני, גיטה
Name (Latin)
Sereny, Gitta
Other forms of name
Honeyman, Gitta Sereny, 1921-2012
Sereny Honeyman, Gitta, 1921-2012
Date of birth
1921-03-13
Date of death
2012-06-14
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61552226
Wikidata: Q213690
Library of congress: n 50009805
Sources of Information
  • English Wikipedia, viewed January 26, 2026(Gitta Sereny, CBE; born March 13, 1921, in Vienna; died June 14, 2012, in Cambridge, England; Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who became known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including the convicted murderer Mary Bell and Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka)
  • German Wikipedia, viewed January 26, 2026(Gitta Sereny; Austrian-British author of Hungarian heritage; following the Anschluss, she fled from Austria to Switzerland, then to France and ultimately on to the United States; she settled in London following World War II)
  • New York times, dateline June 23, 2012, viewed online on January 26, 2026:obituary (Gitta Sereny, Author Who Focused on Evildoers, Dies at 91; daughter of a Hungarian father and a German mother; married the Vogue photographer Don Honeyman in 1948; in private life, she was known as Gitta Sereny Honeyman)
  • Sereny, Gitta. The medallion, 1957.
  • The guardian, viewed online on June 19, 2012:obituary (Gitta Sereny; born March 13, 1921, in Vienna; died June 14, 2012; writer and journalist known for her books on Mary Bell and members of the Third Reich; strove to understand the nature of evil)
  • Author's The medallion, 1957.