Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir - Strategies of Self Preservation Inter Generational Encounter With

A narrative analysis of memoirs of six holocaust survivors from a single family, this book examines strategies of self-preservation and resilience in young people exposed to persecution at different ages and life stages. It argues that holocaust-era stories can enhance understanding of today's child refugees.

List of contents

Introduction: Looking Forward While Looking Back: What We Learn about Child Development and the Refugee Experience by Reading the Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors

Chapter 1: 1939

Chapter 2: 1940

Chapter 3: 1941

Chapter 4: 1942

Chapter 5: 1942 in the Ghetto

Chapter 6: 1943

Chapter 7: 1944-45

Chapter 8: Young People in the Confrontation with Disaster

Chapter 9: Resonances of War

Epilogue: Conversations Across the Generations: Holocaust Memory and the Vocabulary of Remembrance

About the author

Shira Birnbaum is associate professor of practice at Simmons University.

Product details

• Authors: Shira Birnbaum, Birnbaum Shira
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781793623034
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-303-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, Literary studies: general, Violence in society, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Refugees and political asylum, Violence and abuse in society, Refugees & Political Asylum, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust