Henry Krystal
Henry Krystal (born April 22, 1925 in Sosnowiec as Henyek Krysztal , † October 8, 2015 in Bloomfield Hills ) was an American specialist in psychiatry and Holocaust survivor .
Life
Henry Krystal grew up in Sosnowiec, Poland, as the son of an accountant. He attended the Zionist Gymnasium there. After the city was conquered by the German Reich , he was separated from his family in 1942 and recruited into forced labor .
From 1942 to 1945 he did forced labor mainly for Siemens at various locations. Some of these stations were the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , the Birkenau concentration camp , the Auschwitz concentration camp and Berlin-Siemensstadt .
After the war he attended the Goethe University in Frankfurt . In 1947 he emigrated to the United States and lived with relatives in Detroit .
He continued his medical studies at Wayne State University , where he graduated in 1950.
He died on October 8, 2015 of complications from his Alzheimer's disease . He was the father of Yale Professor John H. Krystal and Duke University teaching psychiatrist Andrew D. Krystal .
Act
He taught at Michigan State University from 1970 until his retirement in 1991 .
In his academic career he was mainly concerned with trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors. With them he conducted more than 2000 interviews, which later became one of the foundations in the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder .
Fonts
- Massive Psychic Trauma, 1969, ISBN 978-0-8236-8146-4
- Drug Addiction: Aspects of Ego Function, 1983, ISBN 978-3-525-45657-6
- Drug Dependence: The Disturbances in Personality Functioning That Create the Need for Drugs, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56821-139-8
- Integration and Self-Healing: Affect, Trauma, Alexithymia, 1994, ISBN 978-0-88163-180-7
- The Elements of You: Comfort, Image and Thirst, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4935-6189-6
Web links
- Extensive interview with Henry Krystal in the Voice / Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive of the University of Michigan
- Video of the interview for the Voice / Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
- Henry Krystal at portraitsofhonor.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Sam Roberts: Henry Krystal, Holocaust Trauma Expert, and Survivor, Dies at 90.nytimes.com , October 14, 2015, accessed October 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Interview with Henry Krystal. Family section . In: Voice / Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive. University of Michigan, September 19, 1996, accessed October 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Interview with Henry Krystal. Pre-War Life Section . In: Voice / Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive. University of Michigan, September 19, 1996, accessed October 22, 2015 .
- ^ A b Henry Krystal. Short biography. In: Voice / Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive. University of Michigan, September 19, 1996, accessed October 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Deaths. Michigan State University, accessed October 22, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krystal, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krysztal, Henyek (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sosnowiec |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 2015 |
| Place of death | Bloomfield Hills |