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'The most important event in my life occurred before I was born,' one child of concentration camp survivors has observed. The Holocaust did not end with the liberation of survivors after the collapse of the Third Reich, for the legacy of their suffering extends to a generation that never facedâŠ
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1 author picked In the Shadow of the Holocaust as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If Epsteinâs book, published in 1979, was the first expose about the commonalities among the children of the Holocaust, Hassâ book was the second. Hass succeeded in melding oral history, memoir, and his professions as a clinical psychologist and university professor. This book is helpful, not only to those of the second generation, but to mental health professionals, as well. It was also helpful to me, as it explained the unique, and often difficult, relationship between the survivor parents and their children.
I am passionate about the book because as a child of survivors, I have also had to grappleâŠ
From Ettie's list on The best books on intergenerational trauma after genocides.
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