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Apr. 11, 2005 Volume 29, Issue 31 |
Auschwitz survivor to speak here
An Auschwitz survivor who went on to become an internationally recognized psychologist and motivational speaker shares her life’s story April 13 during a public program at Mississippi State.
Edith Eva Eger’s visit to the university is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. Her presentation on taking charge of one’s own destiny begins at 7 p.m. in the Colvard Union ballroom.
It was 59 years ago this year that a liberating U.S. soldier saw Eger’s small hand moving beneath a pile of corpses at the massive Nazi death camp in Poland. The 17-year-old orphan weighed only 40 pounds after her 15-month interment.
Today, “Edie” Eger has a professional practice in La Jolla, Calif., and a faculty appointment at the University of California, San Diego. She is a specialist in logotherapy, a field of psychotherapy based on a search for meaning in life.
For more information, telephone Kelly Nesbit at 325-2930.