Gitta Sereny was born on March 13, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. She is known for her work on Adolf & Eva (2001), The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) and Reputations (1994). She was married to Don Honeyman. She died on June 14, 2012 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
On paying Mary Bell: If I hadn't done so. I would have made myself guilty of doing what was done to her virtually since she was born--to use her.
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I know this is difficult to believe, but I'm really, in the old sense of the word, quite a gay person. I'm very optimistic. About the world. About people. I believe the majority of people are good.
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[speaking in 2006] "I am so ashamed. When I was young I wanted to be younger and so shaved two years off my age. Still, I'm not close to getting a telegram from the Queen just yet."
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Fact
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On the last day she interviewed Stangl, his last words to her was "In reality I share the guilt" before he died a day later.
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She married her husband, Donald Honeymoon (a Vogue photographer) in 1948. She is survived by their daughter, Mandy Honeymoon; a son, Chris Honeymoon; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
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After World War II, she returned to Europe as a welfare officer with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration trying to reunite child survivors of Dachau Concentration Camp with their families.
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Daughter of a Hungarian Father and a German Mother. Her father died in 1923. She was raised by her mother, an actress. She studied in England and Vienna, Austria where she studied at the drama school founded by Max Reinhardt. In 1938, she left for France when Germany annexed Austria. In France, she was a volunteer nurse with displaced children from German occupation. She later immigrated to the United States.
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Historian and author who specializes in Nazi Germany and its aftermath.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Reputations
1996
TV Series documentary consultant - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richard & Judy
2005
TV Series
Herself
Channel 4 News
2003
TV Series
Herself
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Adolf & Eva
2001
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Jonathan Dimbleby
1998
TV Series
Herself
Reputations
1996
TV Series documentary
Herself - Author, Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nazi Hunters
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself - Author, Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth
$1.2 Million
