Irish Examiner View: Survival best lesson by far

Like many of truths understood almost by osmosis, most of us recognise that perspective is important. We may do this without absorbing the phrase’s full meaning or the worthwhile comparisons that realisation can offer. And this seems a moment when perspective might be especially valuable, as it might even justify a flicker of optimism.

Speaking to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch yesterday offered a perspective that has real value, one shaped by the integrity of first-hand experience.