Unseen Scars - Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites is a practical guide for those who teach, create meaning, or bring visitors to Holocaust museums and historical sites. It provides a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical and psychological issues and challenges encountered in Holocaust museums and difficult exhibition spaces. This book is geared toward anyone who creates and provides meaningful pathways for visitors to engage in Holocaust exhibitions and knowledge. It provides a framework for understanding not just the historical content of this difficult history, but the emotional and psychological effects experienced by the next generation of its witnesses.

About the author

Julie J. Golding is a Holocaust educator and museum professional, serving as Assistant Professor and Deputy Chair of the master’s in Holocaust, Genocide & Tolerance Education at Touro University. She is also a curator at the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education. A Wexner Graduate Fellow and Davidson Scholar, she earned her PhD from Yeshiva University and was honored with the New York State Board of Regents Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award for excellence in Holocaust education.MICHAEL BERENBAUM was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at GeorgetownUniversity. From 1988-1993, he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he was responsible for the conceptualization and development of the Museum's permanent exhibition. Berenbaum is the President and CEO of The Survivors of the Shoah, A Visual History Foundation, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Golding, Julie J Golding, Julie J. Golding
• Assisted by: Michael Berenbaum (Foreword)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.04.2026
• EAN: 9798216381228
• ISBN: 9798216381228
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Jewish, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Holidays & seasonal interest, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Memorials, monuments, Holocaust Memorial or Remembrance Days, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, PSYCHOLOGY / Trauma Psychology