‘Individual, unrepeatable, and valuable’: How Edith Stein served people with disabilities

Edith Stein - an expert in empathy - saw 'the essence of the person before any disability'

Eva Stein was a Jewish woman born in Germany in 1915. She was the second child of Martha and Arno Stein, who worked in the family lumber business.

Edith Stein, pictured as a student in 1913-1914. Public Domain.

At the age of one, Eva was diagnosed with an intellectual disability. Her parents decided to raise her in the same way as her other siblings, Wolf…