[PDF] Eugène MINKOWSKI (1885–1972) - France

Who was Eugène Minkowski?

Eugène (Eugeniusz) Minkowski ( French pronunciation: [ø??n m??k?wski]; 17 April 1885 – 17 November 1972) was a French psychiatrist of Jewish Polish origin, known for his incorporation of phenomenology into psychopathology and for exploring the notion of "lived time".

How did Robert Minkowski become a psychiatrist?

Minkowski trained as a resident in Burghølzli under the supervision of Eugen Bleuler. He volunteered with the French army during the First World War. After the war, he worked for several years as a clinical psychiatrist in a public hospital as a resident until he became Chief Psychiatrist at the Saint-Anne Hospital in Paris.

What did Robert Minkowski do during WW2?

Minkowski was in the Resistance during World War II and directed the work of a charity to protect children from the Shoah that saved thousands of Jewish children. In 1946 he gave one of the first Basel lectures on psychological suffering during Nazi persecution and went on to testify as an expert witness in numerous subsequent lawsuits.