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Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a comprehensive guide to understanding Holocaust survivors and responding to their needs. In it, Myra Giberovitch documents her twenty-five years of working with Holocaust survivors as a professional social worker, researcher, educator, community leader, and daughter of Auschwitz survivors.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Survivors of Mass Atrocity
Chapter 1 – Mass Atrocity Crimes
Chapter 2 – Understanding the Historical Context
Chapter 3 – Identifying a Holocaust Survivor
Chapter 4 – Changing Perceptions about Holocaust Survivors
Part II: Understanding Survivors
Chapter 5 – Impact of Trauma: Vulnerability and Resilience
Chapter 6 – Environmental Factors that Reduce the Impact of Trauma
Chapter 7 – Other Issues Unique to Survivors
Part III: Survivor Services and Programs
Chapter 8 – Transcending Victimization through Empowerment
Chapter 9 – Creating a Specialized Program
Chapter 10 – Short-term Group Services
Chapter 11 – Long-Term Group Service: An Incubator Environment
Chapter 12 – Intergenerational Programs
Part IV: Professional Interactions with Survivors
Chapter 13 – Therapeutic Responses
Chapter 14 – Responses to Environmental Triggers
Chapter 15 – Responses to Emotional Reactions
Chapter 16 – Professional Considerations
Part V: Going Forward
Chapter 17 – Recovery Milestones Applicable to Other Communities
Afterword
Appendix A: Mass Atrocity Crimes
Appendix B: Rafael Lemkin: A Survivor’s Contribution to Society
Glossary
References
Index
About the author
By Myra Giberovitch
Summary
Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a comprehensive guide to understanding Holocaust survivors and responding to their needs. In it, Myra Giberovitch documents her twenty-five years of working with Holocaust survivors as a professional social worker, researcher, educator, community leader, and daughter of Auschwitz survivors.
