Second Generation Voices Berger Naomi
Second Generation Voices Berger Naomi 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…
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Second Generation Voices Berger Naomi
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. The Jewish second generation is unified by a search for memory and family. 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.
Yet surprising common ground is revealed. Their German counterparts experience the opposite. Each group emerges out of households where, for vastly different reasons, the Holocaust was not mentioned.
Each struggles to break this barrier of silence. Each has witnessed the continued survival of parents and must grapple with living in households haunted by denial. And each