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Wander, FredWander, Fred, b. Vienna, Jan. 5, 1917. Narrative writer, dramatist, author of books for young people; the son of Eastern European Jewish parents, he was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps 1942-1945; after the war worked as a photographer and journalist. In 1955 moved to East Germany with his wife Maxie Wander. 1983 returned to Vienna. Became famous through his books for young people ("Taifun über den Inseln", 1958) as well as books for a wider audience, in which he pleads for tolerance, humanity and coming to terms with the past ("Der siebente Brunnen", 1971). Further works: Novels and narratives: Bandidos, 1963; Ein Zimmer in Paris, 1975; Hotel Baalbek, 1991. - Das gute Leben. Erinnerungen, 1996. - Travel books. Literature: N. Hirsch, F. W., master´s thesis, Vienna 1995.
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