Friedel Stern, 1917-2006



The pioneering Israeli cartoonist Friedel Stern died October 29 in Tel Aviv, sending into mourning generations of fans as well as cartoonists who learned from her duing a 30-year teaching career. The cause was cardiac arrest. Stern was 89 years old.

Born in Leipzig, Friedel came to Palestine in 1938 to take agricultural classes, thus missing out on the horrors of the Nazi regime that would end her mother's life. Stern served with the British Army in Palestine during World War II. After the war, she staked out a career in illustration and cartooning. She published in newspapers and magazines, depicting daily life through her unique perspective as a German Jew and as a multi-lingual observer of the mass waves of immigration into Israel. She published books, became a well-known educator and was a lively speaker.

Well known for her personal vitality, she was apparently a regular visitor to the BD festival in Limoges. Her obituary reports that Stern was awarded the Dosh prize two years ago for outstanding caricature. In 2005 she showed work in Leipzig's "Karicartoon Biennale," a show she attended reluctantly but gave in as it marked the 60th anniversary of the freeing of the concentration camps.

Her caricatures are to be archived by the Association of Israeli Cartoonists.

cartoon titled "Adam and Eve (Do You Remember?)"
 
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