The Ones Who Remember Second-Generation Voices of the Holocaust

How do you talk about and make sense of your life when you grew up with parents who survived the most unimaginable horrors of family separation, systematic murder and unending encounters of inhumanity? Sixteen authors reveal the challenges and gifts of living with the aftermath of their parents' inconceivable experiences during the Holocaust. The Ones Who Remember: Second-Generation Voices of the Holocaust provides a window into the lived experience of sixteen different families grappling with the legacy of genocide. Each author reveals the many ways their parents' Holocaust traumas and survival seeped into their souls and then affected their subsequent family lives - whether they knew the bulk of their parents' stories or nothing at all. Several of the contributors' children share interpretations of the continuing effects of this legacy with their own poems and creative prose. Despite the diversity of each family's history and journey of discovery, the intimacy of the collective narratives reveals a common arc from suffering to resilience, across the three generations. This book offers a vision of a shared humanity against the background of inherited trauma that is relatable to anyone who grew up in the shadow of their parents' pain.

ISBN:	9781947951501
Publisher:	City Point Press
Imprint:	City Point Press
Published date:	12 Apr 2022
Language:	English
Number of pages:	352
Weight:	522g
Height:	226mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	28mm

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