: Much of his writing, including his essay "Surviving," explores how individuals—especially children—cope with extreme trauma, drawing partly on his own experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Popular Works (Russian Titles)

: Bettelheim held the controversial view that illustrated storybooks could be detrimental to a child's imagination. He believed that pictures "divert from the learning process" because they impose a specific visual image, rather than allowing the child to form their own internal experience of the story.

Bettelheim's most influential contribution to literature is his 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales .

If you are looking for his books in Russian translation ( knigi bruno bettelgeim ), these are his most widely discussed titles:

( The Informed Heart ): An analysis of human behavior and psychological survival under the extreme conditions of Nazi concentration camps.