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'''Paul Hermann Ornstein''' (April 4, 1924 - January 19, 2017) was |
'''Paul Hermann Ornstein''' (April 4, 1924 - January 19, 2017) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor. |
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== Early life == |
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Ornstein was born in Hungary in a Jewish family to parents, Abraham Ornstein, an accountant, and Frieda Sziment. As a young teenager, he was forced by the German Army to dig trenches as part of a forced labor battalion in World War II. After the Red Army pushed west, he spent several months during 1944 hiding in the basement of the annex of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest. |
Ornstein was born in Hungary in a Jewish family to parents, Abraham Ornstein, an accountant, and Frieda Sziment. As a young teenager, he was forced by the German Army to dig trenches as part of a forced labor battalion in World War II. After the Red Army pushed west, he spent several months during 1944 hiding in the basement of the annex of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest. When the war ended, he returned to his home town in Hungary; he was just 17, and found no surviving relatives.<ref name="RobertsObit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/paul-ornstein-dead-self-psychologist.html?mabReward=R4&recp=8&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0|title=Paul Ornstein, 92, Psychoanalyst and Holocaust Survivor, Dies|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|date=31 January 2017|accessdate=7 February 2017|publisher=New York Times}}</ref><ref name="CantrellLooksBack">{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2016/02/16/from-budapest-brookline-psychoanalyst-looks-back/61wpOnkJIpEGU1X67fNePJ/story.html|title=From Budapest to Brookline, a psychoanalyst looks back|last1=Cantrell|first1=Cindy|date=16 February 2016|accessdate=7 February 2017|publisher=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
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After discovering that his father and a distant cousin, Anna Brunn, had also survived the Holocaust, Ornstein and Brunn enrolled in medical school together at the [[Heidelberg University School of Medicine]], where there were many former Nazi soldiers among their classmates. They married in 1946 and immigrated to the united States where they were both active in the [[self psychology]] movement, which challenged traditional Freudian analysis.<ref name="RobertsObit" /> |
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== Career == |
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⚫ | In 2015, he published a memoir, “Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst”, which [[Helen Epstein]] co-authored.<ref name="SolomonReview">{{cite news |
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Ornstein worked as a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis at the [[University of Cincinnati Medical School]] and was a Supervising Analyst at the [[Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://bpsi.org/meet-the-author-paul-ornstein/|title=Meet the Author: Paul Ornstein “Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst” – VIDEO|website=BPSI.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He wrote "Focal Psychotherapy: An Example of Applied Psychoanalysis" with [[Michael Balint]] and [[Enid Balint]] and also edited "The Search for the Self: Selected Writings of Heinz Kohut".<ref name=":0" /> In 2015, he published a memoir, “Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst”, which [[Helen Epstein]] co-authored.<ref name="SolomonReview">{{cite news|title=Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst (book review)|last1=Solomon|first1=David|date=6 September 2016|publisher=Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association|doi=10.1177/0003065116667286}}</ref><ref name="WeiselBarthReview">{{cite news|title=What Is a Life Well Lived? A Review of Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst (book review)|last1=Weisel-Barth|first1=J|date=July 2016|publisher=International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology 11(3):293-299}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:17, 6 April 2019
Paul Hermann Ornstein | |
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Born | April 4, 1924 Hajdunanas, Hungary |
Died | January 19, 2017 | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Heidelberg University School of Medicine |
Known for | Self-psychology |
Spouse | Anna Ornstein |
Children | 3 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychoanalysis |
Institutions | Professor of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis at University of Cincinnati |
Paul Hermann Ornstein (April 4, 1924 - January 19, 2017) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor.
Early life
Ornstein was born in Hungary in a Jewish family to parents, Abraham Ornstein, an accountant, and Frieda Sziment. As a young teenager, he was forced by the German Army to dig trenches as part of a forced labor battalion in World War II. After the Red Army pushed west, he spent several months during 1944 hiding in the basement of the annex of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest. When the war ended, he returned to his home town in Hungary; he was just 17, and found no surviving relatives.[1][2]
Education
After discovering that his father and a distant cousin, Anna Brunn, had also survived the Holocaust, Ornstein and Brunn enrolled in medical school together at the Heidelberg University School of Medicine, where there were many former Nazi soldiers among their classmates. They married in 1946 and immigrated to the united States where they were both active in the self psychology movement, which challenged traditional Freudian analysis.[1]
Career
Ornstein worked as a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis at the University of Cincinnati Medical School and was a Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.[3]
He wrote "Focal Psychotherapy: An Example of Applied Psychoanalysis" with Michael Balint and Enid Balint and also edited "The Search for the Self: Selected Writings of Heinz Kohut".[3] In 2015, he published a memoir, “Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst”, which Helen Epstein co-authored.[4][5]
Family
Ornstein and his wife Anna raised three children, Sharone, Rafael, and Miriam, all of whom became psychiatrists.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Roberts, Sam (31 January 2017). "Paul Ornstein, 92, Psychoanalyst and Holocaust Survivor, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Cantrell, Cindy (16 February 2016). "From Budapest to Brookline, a psychoanalyst looks back". Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Meet the Author: Paul Ornstein "Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst" – VIDEO". BPSI.org. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ^ Solomon, David (6 September 2016). "Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst (book review)". Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. doi:10.1177/0003065116667286.
- ^ Weisel-Barth, J (July 2016). "What Is a Life Well Lived? A Review of Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst (book review)". International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology 11(3):293-299.