Odešla Renka / Renka Passed Away

Říkala jsem jí Renka a moc jsem si vážila jejího přátelství. Psala do mého časopisu a často jsme spolu rozprávěly. Bylo o čem, její záběr byl skutečně široký, jak píše její dcera Lenka .

A protože to píše moc hezky, nechávám to ve tvaru, jak to psala. Já ještě Renku podrobněji připomenu v Českém, kalendáři 2017. A to s dcerou Lenkou, kterou znáte jako vynikající zpěvačku.

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Jana Renee Friesova, 26. 5. 1927 - 15. 7. 2016

Moje maminka, Renicka Friesova, nam vcera, 15. cervence v 16:30 zemrela, ve veku 89 let, ve svem milem pokoji na Hagiboru v Praze, kde zila 7 let. Maminka byla dlouho nemocna. Mela ale nezdolatelny plamen zivota, ktery horel i kdyz uz byla delsi dobu pripravena odejit. Odesla nakonec v miru a dotykana laskou, v nekrasnejsi mozne situaci: v pritomnosti sve dcery a dvou pritelkyn, drzena za ruku a viskana ve vlasech. Byla konecne fyzicky v klidu, bez bolesti diky morfinove injekci, a verim v pohode a miru na dusicce. Vsichni ji ten klid po mnohem stradani tolik prejeme a za jeji mimoradny odchod jsme vdecni.

Maminka byla ze zidovske rodiny, pokrtena katolicka. Za Holocaustu prisla o rodinu; pouze se svou maminkou se vratila z Terezina. Drzela titul Ph. Dr., ucila filosofii na CVUT a pozdeji zidovske studie na Karlove univerzite a na Univerzite tretiho veku. Maminka se dotkla tisice zivotu svoji praci jako profesorka, ucenim jogy, prednasenim o zivotnim stylu, v rozhlasovych serialech Stribrna mozaika a serialem o filozofii, mimo mnohe jine. Maminka byla vasniva a neposedna cestovatelka, chtela vsechno videt a vedet. Priroda pro ni byla radosti a utechou; jezdila na vodu, pod stan, lyzovat, rada chodila po horach a milovala koupani i ve studenych jezirkach kam by nikdo jiny nevlezl. Milovala lidi vseho veku, a zvirata obzvlaste, s tim, ze ty nas nikdy nezklamou a jsou vernejsi i moudrejsi. Maminka cetla, stale a stale; a psala clanky do novin, i ruzne publikace, a ke konci zivota sve vzpominky “Pevnost meho mladi” - tato kniha vysla cesky, anglicky a nemecky.

Maminka stravila krasnych 36 let s profesorem doktorem Otou Gregorem, se kterym se podileli snad o vsechny zajmy. Mela jedine dite, mne - dceru Lenku, se svym prvnim manzelem Bretislavem Hartlem.

Pozustali- rodina Lenky: Rubin, Hannah, Rachel a Ben Cohen vas timto zvou na rozlouceni s Renickou:

Utery, 19. cervence, 14 hodin Obradni sin Noveho zidovskeho hrbitova na Olsanech, Praha 3. Stanice Metra linka A, Zelivskeho Nasledovat bude rozlouceni s Renickou na DSP Hagiboru, ŽOP Vinohradská 159, Praha 10, zhruba okolo 15 hodin.

NB Misto kyticky, povazte prosim darovat konzervicku anebo malinkou dotaci zde: http://www.kocici-utulek.cz, Sdružení na ochranu zvířat v krajní nouzi, Na pláni 31, 150 00, Praha 5 IČ: 26583712, DIČ: CZ26583712 Číslo účtu: 2600358160/2010.

My dear mother, Renicka Friesova, passed away yesterday, July 15, 2016, at 4:30 pm, in her room at Hagibor residence in Prague. She has been ill for a long time, but her inner flame could not be extinguished. She finally left in the presence of, and being caressed by, her daughter and two dear friends. It was a beautiful and peaceful moment for which we are truly thankful.

My mom was a Holocaust survivor who both learned, and taught, all her life. She taught philosophy and Jewish studies at Prague universities, was a yoga teacher, counsellor, journalist, writer, and a radio personality. She was a passionate and restless traveller who wanted to see, wanted to learn everything (except, perhaps, math and chemistry). She loved and knew very well art and classical music. She found great comfort and beauty in nature; enjoyed skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping and swimming in the ocean as well as in impossibly cold mountain lakes. Despite her harrowing childhood experiences, she was a positive, smiley person much loved by many, and a fantastic mom to me till I left home. She loved her students, many friends and people of all ages, especially animals that she found wiser, more loyal and trustworthy. She always either read, or wrote. Her book Fortress of My Youth, often said to be a kind of a Czech Anne Frank story, was published in English, Czech and German. May she rest in peace; she will be always in our hearts, and her light laughter in our ears. It is of endless comfort to me that her best lives on in her grandchildren, Hannah, Rachel and Ben.

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