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Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust Survivor Who Focused on Empathy as a Psychiatrist, Dies at 98

Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust Survivor Who Focused on Empathy as a Psychiatrist, Dies at 98

Anna Ornstein survived the Auschwitz death camp as a teenager—in part, she believed, because her parents had endowed her with a sturdy sense of self-esteem and comfort with herself and her family.
'My good luck was to grow up in a home with Jews who were proud of being Jewish,' she said in a 2018 speech.
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