Sun, 02 Jul
|London
THEY TOOK EVERYTHING, APART FROM MY DIGNITY
Holocaust survivor Lydia Tischler has devoted her life to helping others – hers is a story of the strength of the human spirit.
Time & Location
02 Jul 2023, 17:00 – 19:30
London, 101 Fallow Ct Ave, London N12 0BE, UK
About the Event
In August 1945 Lydia Tischler, aged 16, arrived in Britain from Prague. After catching up on her lost years of formal education she worked in nursing and teaching, before training in psychotherapy under Anna Freud. Lydia became a pioneer in the field, forging a career that has touched the lives of hundreds and, at 94 she is still deeply involved in the profession as a practitioner and a teacher. Broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Freedland will be talking to Lydia about her remarkable life, and the extent to which the trauma and loss of her early childhood has determined its trajectory. Their conversation will be followed by a recital, including music that was performed and composed in Terezin, the Czech garrison town transformed by the Germans into a propaganda "show camp", where numerous acts of inspiring courage and resistance provided a cultural lifeline to prisoners such as Lydia.
For further information about this event contact
Antony Lishak, Learning from the Righteous CEO
antony@learningfromtherighteous.org