Hettie Direnfurt ( German: Hettie Dyhrenfurth , née Harriet Pauline Heymann, German Harriet Pauline Heymann , November 16, 1892 , Breslau / German Empire - October 28, 1972 , Orange , California / USA ) - German and Swiss mountain climber participating in two expeditions the leadership of her husband, Gunther Oscar Direnfurt , professor of geology, climber.
| Hetty Direnfurt | |
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| him. Hetie dyhrenfurth | |
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| Birth name | Harriet Pauline Heyman ( German: Harriet Pauline Heymann ) |
| Date of Birth | November 16, 1892 |
| Place of Birth | Breslau |
| Date of death | October 28, 1972 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Orange (California) |
| Citizenship |  German Empire  Weimar Republic  Switzerland ,  USA |
| Occupation | climber , writer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Norman Direnfurt |
| Awards and prizes | Olympic Mountaineering Prize [1] |
| Olympic awards | ||
| Art contest | ||
| Gold | Berlin 1936 | Mountaineering |
Content
Biography Facts
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| Hetty Direnfurt book cover. Leipzig, 1931 | |
Hetty Direnfurt wrote the book “Memsahb im Himalaja” with the subtitle “The Only White Woman in the 1930 Himalayan International Expedition” ( German Die einzige weiße Frau auf der internationalen Himalaja-Expedition von 1930 ) about her first participation in the Himalayas . The book was published in 1931 in Leipzig and, having become a bestseller, was reprinted several times [2] .
The site of the next Himalayan expedition of 1934, led by Gunther Oscar Direnfurt, was the mountain system of Karakorum . As part of the group, Hetty Direnfurt set a world record for women while climbing the western peak of Sia Kangri (7315 m), which she held for 20 years [3] [4] .
Norman Direnfurt , the son of Hetty and Gunther Oscar, who, following the example of his father, became a professor, mountaineer and expedition leader, as well as a filmmaker, recalls that when he was five years old (in 1923), the family moved to Salzburg , and later to Switzerland . In 1937, Hetty and Norman went to the United States to work there for some time as ski instructors and guides, but because of the outbreak of war in 1939, their plans to return to Europe were frustrated [3] .
Rewards
Hetty was the only woman to win the Olympic Mountaineering Prize , last played at the XI Summer Olympics in 1936 in Berlin . One gold medal for two was won by representatives of Switzerland - the married couple Hetty and Gunther Oscar Direnfurt [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] .
The Nazis were very unhappy with the award of the Direnfurt gold medal. Having Jewish roots and understanding the danger of the Nazis coming to power, the Direnfurt couple received Swiss citizenship in 1932 [9] [10] . In 1936, Hetty Direnfurt became the first Swiss to win the Olympic gold medal [4] [11] [12] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Olympic Games 1936 Berlin . olympic-museum.de. Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Memsahb im Himalaja (German) . Leipzig . booklooker. Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 von Stephanie Geiger. Abenteuerlust ist etwas anderes (German) . Internet Archive (05/07/2013). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 The Secret of the Olympic Gold Medal. Part 3. . risk.ru (03/30/2012). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Jeux Olympiques: Jeux Olympiques Spciaux, Prix Olympique D'Alpinisme, Championnes Tout Prix, Village Olympique, Olympiade de La Rpubliq . - Livres Group. - ISBN 978-1159504960 . (fr.)
- ↑ Wolf Donner. Ins verbotene Land: frühe Reisende in Nepal (German) . books.google.de (2010). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Alpinism at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . sports-reference.com. Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Suzanne Schär Pfister. Dyhrenfurth, Günter Oskar (German) . hls-dhs-dss.ch (11/07/2005). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth . sports-reference.com. Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ by Aimee Berg. 'The most beautiful kind of heroism' that is no longer an Olympic event . america.aljazeera.com (February 5, 2014). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ In: Bulletin Officiel du Comité International Olympique. No. 32, November 1936, S. 2–13
- ↑ Walter Habel (Hrsg.): Wer ist wer? Das deutsche who's who. XII. Ausgabe von Degener & Co, Berlin 1955, S. 218
Links
- Books by writer Hetty Direnfurt and books about her in the German National Library catalog