“War Takes Part in Me”: Reflections of a Ukrainian Psychoanalyst
Journal: Clio s Psyche
Year: 2023

The title of the article paraphrases a line from Yuri Levitansky’s poem/song, widely known in the USSR, called “Well, what if I was there…” The line reads as follows: “I am not taking part in the war – it is taking part in me” (Levitansky, 2019, p. 185). These words resonate with the history of my family. I was born to older parents, so I grew up with narratives about war and what it means, but with many omissions. My paternal grandfather served in World War I, and my father in World War II. My