Paul Parin

He was born in Polzela (German: Heilenstein), near Celje, Slovenia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a family of assimilated Jews.

At the end of World War II, the two travelled to the liberated zone in south-east Yugoslavia, where they volunteered as physicians in the units of the partisan resistance.

Parin, along with Fritz Morgenthaler and Goldy Parin-Matthèy, co-founded the Zurich School of Ethnopsychoanalysis in the 1950s.

Additionally, contributions were made by researchers including Mario Erdheim, Maya Nadig, Florence Weiss, and Jochen Bonz.

[3] In 1992, Parin received the prestigious Erich Fried Prize for his literary achievements.