Children surviving persecution
Subtitle: an international study of trauma and healing
By: edited by Judith S. Kestenberg and Charlotte Kahn.
Contributors: Kestenberg, Judith S.; Kahn, Charlotte, 1928-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Holocaust survivors -- Mental health.; Jewish children in the Holocaust.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects.; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Age factors.; Children of Holocaust survivors -- Mental health.; National socialism -- Psychological aspects.; Stress in children -- Longitudinal studies.
Description: From the publisher: Drawing on the wealth of personal and interview information, the contributors create a synthesis of personal history and psychological analysis. Adult memories of traumatic childhood experiences are accompanied by discussions of their effects and by analysis of the various coping mechanisms used to establish a viable post-war existence. These accounts are distinguished by the fact that they are by and about individuals who grew up in undistinguished Christian and Jewish families; not those of prominent figures or resistance fighters or rescuers. All experienced unrest and many suffered trauma during the Nazi regime, as a result of the war, and during the post-war turbulence. An important collection for students and scholars of the Holocaust and for those professionals in a position to help surviving victims of other organized persecution, civil violence, strife, and abuse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.