News

The amazing achievements of human rights hero Helen Bamber

The amazing achievements of human rights hero Helen Bamber

Helen Bamber, the celebrated champion of human rights, has died aged 89.

A trained psychotherapist, she spent almost 70 years tirelessly working with victims of torture and other forms of abuse. Here's a synopsis of her amazing career:

In 1945, aged just 20, she joined one of the first rehabilitation teams to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

After spending two years working with Holocaust victims she returned to England to help take care of 722 children orphaned by the concentration camps.

Keep reading...Show less
Please log in or register to upvote this article
The Conversation (0)