An Incorrect Interpretation

Ruth Roos was born in Alsace and raised in a traditional Jewish family. A gifted student , she became a maths teacher. In 1942 she married Serge Lebovici (1915-2000) who later became a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and president of the International Psychoanalytical Association. After the war Lebovici chose to follow her husband’s career and trained as a psychoanalyst. The Nazi Occupation of France was devastating for her and her family. In August 1942 Lebovici went to the Gestapo in Paris to try and save her Jewish father-in-law, Solo Lebovici, a well-known doctor of Romanian origin.…