Title: Light from the ashes : social science careers of young Holocaust refugees and survivors /
Authors: Suedfeld, Peter, 1935-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Jewish children in the Holocaust Biography; Holocaust survivors Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives; Jewish social scientists Biography.
Contents: Introduction : Shaped by the past, shaping the future / Peter Suedfeld -- pt. 1. The survivors : living through the Holocaust. Crossing the borders of difference / Hadassa Black-Gutman ; The quest for continuity : a personal account of the dubious wisdom of hindsight / Shlomo Breznitz ; Languages of war / Mary Engel ; From Shoah to sinology : a roundabout road / René Goldman ; The uses and limitations of perspective / Martin O. Heisler ; Studying and promoting altruism and studying and working to prevent genocide : the guiding role of early survival / Ervin Staub ; A generalist in search of a specialty / Peter Suedfeld -- pt. 2. The refugees : persecution and escape. Reflections of an internationalist / Henry P. David ; Dignity and dehumanization : the impact of the Holocaust on central themes of my work / Herbert C. Kelman ; Holocaust influences on a refugee : indirect (pervasive) and direct (now you see it, now you don't) / Eric Klinger ; The Holocaust and social science : a personal odyssey / Richard Ned Lebow ; Linking the present and the past : a personal story / Gerda Lederer ; A wandering Jew as a social scientist : the convergence of historical and professional life lines / Jacob Lomranz ; Reflecting on memories and professional pursuits / Roberta S. Sigel ; Remembering the Holocaust : snapshots from a cognitive science perspective / Herbert Weingartner -- pt. 3. Targets of political persecution. Coming full circle : learning from the experience of emigration and ethnic prejudice / Karl W. Butzer ; The impact of a childhood in Nazi Germany / Siegfried Streufert -- pt. 4. Reflections. Loss and renewal / Paul Marcus ; Afterthoughts / Peter Suedfeld.