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Philosophy & Social Sciences

Leo Eitinger

Who

Leo Eitinger · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychiatrist who pioneered the study of trauma in Holocaust survivors

When

1912, Lomnice, Moravia (now Czech Republic) — 1996, Oslo, Norway

Where

Czechoslovakia · Norway

Biography

Leo Eitinger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychiatrist who pioneered the study of trauma in Holocaust survivors

How & why

Eitinger was a psychiatrist who pioneered the study of long-term psychological trauma in Holocaust survivors, helping to establish what became known as survivor syndrome and shaping the modern understanding of PTSD. A Jewish refugee from Czechoslovakia, he was himself deported to Auschwitz, survived, and became a leading professor of psychiatry in Norway and a close friend of Elie Wiesel.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

Contributions & Sources

Psychiatrist who pioneered the study of trauma in Holocaust survivors

1912

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology