Norbert Frýd [SEP] date of death
Norbert Frýd
Norbert Frýd (born Norbert Fried) (21 April 1913 – 18 March 1976) was a Czech writer, journalist and diplomat. He is known mainly for his autobiographical novel "Krabice živých" (A Box of Lives, 1956), in which he describes his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. During World War II, he was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Dachau-Kaufering concentration camps.
Biography.
Norbert Fried was born in České Budějovice to a family of Jewish merchants. His father
Her name and the date of her execution were carefully recorded by German officials. Letenská's husband Vladislav Čaloun was shot on 26 January 1943, at 16:45.
The film was premiered two months after her death.
The novel "Kat nepočká" ("The Hangman Won't Wait", 1958) by Norbert Frýd was inspired by Anna Letenská's life story. A film adaptation of the novel was made in 1971 starring Jiřina Bohdalová. A street in the Vinohrady district of Prague is named after Anna Letenská.