Peggy Parnass

Peggy Parnass

Ruth Peggy Sophie Parnass (born 11 October 1934) is a German-Swedish actress, columnist, court reporter, short story writer and non-fiction writer who now lives in Hamburg.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Hamburg in 1934, she was the daughter of Herta Emuanuel, who was half Portuguese, and Simon, a Polish Jew. Both were sent by the Nazis to the Treblinka extermination camp where they died in 1942. Parnass tells the story of her childhood in Unter die Haut (1983) and in Kindheit (2014), illustrated by Tita do Rêgo Silva. She and her little brother Gady had been sent to Sweden in 1939. Separated from her brother, she lived in 12 different families until, towards the end of the Second World War, she was sent to London to stay with an uncle, the only surviving member of the family. After spending three years there, she returned to Stockholm, completing her studies in Hamburg and Paris.[3][4] Her brother went to Israel.[1]

Although she had vowed never to live in Germany again, after returning to Hamburg to visit her cousin, she met lots of interesting left-wing antifascists and decided to stay. For 17 years, she worked for the magazine Konkret, where she reported on the proceedings of the Berlin law courts. Her work forms the basis of her widely acclaimed Prozesse (Trials), published in 1978, for which she received the Joseph Drexel Prize in 1979 for outstanding achievements in journalism.[4][1]

Awards

Peggy Parnass has received several awards including:

Selected publications

Films

Peggy Parnass has appeared in several films and television programmes including:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ruth Peggy Sophie Parnass". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Peggy Parnass". IMDb. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. "Schwulsein heute – ganz normal?" (in German). Zeit Online. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Die Promi-Geburtstage vom 11. Oktober 2014: Peggy Parnass" (in German). westline. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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