Renowned psychologist and Auschwitz survivor Edith Eger dies at 98
“I don’t have time to hate. I don’t forget what happened to me. I may not overcome it – I think I came to terms with it, and I was able to integrate it,” Eger…
Assessment
The death of Edith Eger removes a direct voice from the Holocaust generation, one who transformed unspeakable trauma into a career of healing others. Her insistence on integrating rather than overcoming suffering offered a nuanced model of resilience. With fewer survivors alive each year, the urgency grows to preserve their firsthand testimony and the psychological insights they drew from it.
