Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere

An Auschwitz survivor Hédi Fried passed away today at the age of 98.
Hédi was born in a Jewish family in the Romanian town of Sighet. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was liberated in Bergen-Belsen. In July 1945 she came to #Sweden with the Swedish Red Cross.
Hédi Fried became an author and psychologist dedicated to spreading the message of the importance of democratic values to combat xenophobia, using her own experiences as a #Holocaust #survivor.
#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1960, six year old Ruby Bridges goes to school.
She is the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz school in Louisiana, USA. It is a symbolic act, breaking the segregation of education in the state.
#WomenInHistory #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory @histodons #histodons