Second Generation Voices: Reflections by Children of Holocaust Survivors and Per

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Descendants of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators offer insights into the intergenerational impact of their legacy and the second generation's role in shaping memory of the Shoah. In these personal, and often dramatic pieces, differences surface, but common ground is also revealed.

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Heirs to the legacy of Auschwjtz, the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators have always been thought of as separated by fear and anger, mistrust and shame. This groundbreaking study provides a forum for expression in which each group reflects candidly upon the consuming burdens and challenges it has inherited. In these intensely personal and frequently dramatic pieces, understandable differences surface. The Jewish second generation is unified by a search for memory and family. Their German counterparts experience the opposite. Yet surprising common ground is revealed. Each group emerges out of households where, for vastly different reasons, the Holocaust was not mentioned. Each struggles to break this barrier of silence. Eachhas witnessed the continued survival of parents and must grapple with living in households haunted by denial. And each knows it is his or her charge to shape the Holocaust for future generations. To be sure, there is disagreement among the groups about the need for-or wisdom of-dialogue. Yet Second Generation Voices boldly engenders authentic grounds for discussion. Issues such as guilt, anger, religious faith, and accountability are explored in deeply felt poems, essays, and narratives. Jew and German alike speak openly of forming and affirming their own identities, reconnecting with roots, and working through their own "psychological Holocaust."

Author Biography

Alan L. Berger holds the Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies and directs the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Crisis and Covenant: The Holocaust in American Jewish Fiction, Children of Job: American Second Generation Witnesses, and editor of Judaism in the Modern World. Naomi Berger is a marriage and family therapist on the staff at the Counseling Center at Florida Atlantic University and is in private practice.

Review

Second Generation Voices is a brilliant anthology, a must-read for anybody who want to learn more about the transmission of trauma from victims to children."" - Ursula Duba, author of Tales from a Child of the Enemy

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Descendants of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators offer insights into the intergenerational impact of their legacy and the second generation's role in shaping memory of the Shoah.

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While an exchange between . . . executioner and victim remained for a longtime inconceivable, a dialogue between their children or grandchildren now seems possible and even necessary. [The] volume . . . is an illustration of this.

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Descendants of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators offer insights into the intergenerational impact of their legacy and the second generation's role in shaping memory of the Shoah.

Details ISBN0815606818 Short Title 2ND GENERATION VOICES Publisher Syracuse University Press Language English ISBN-10 0815606818 ISBN-13 9780815606819 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Imprint Syracuse University Press Subtitle Reflections by Children of Holocaust Survivors and Perpetrators Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Alan L. Berger Illustrations notes, index Birth 1939 Edition 1st Series Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust Author Naomi Berger DOI 10.1604/9780815606819 AU Release Date 2001-06-01 NZ Release Date 2001-06-01 UK Release Date 2001-06-01 Pages 398 Publication Date 2001-06-30 DEWEY 940.53180922 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 2001-06-30 We've got this

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