Children in the Holocaust and its Aftermath
Historical and Psychological Studies of the Kestenberg Archive
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Psychology, Child Development, History, Jewish, Holocaust
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781785334399 | |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781785334399 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their postwar lives, requiring readers to follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings together historians, psychologists, and other scholars to explore child survivors’ accounts. With a central focus on the Kestenberg Holocaust Child Survivor Archive’s over 1,500 testimonies, it not only enlarges our understanding of the Holocaust empirically but illuminates the methodological, theoretical, and institutional dimensions of this unique form of historical record.
The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their postwar lives, requiring readers to follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings together historians, psychologists, and other scholars to explore child survivors’ accounts. With a central focus on the Kestenberg Holocaust Child Survivor Archive’s over 1,500 testimonies, it not only enlarges our understanding of the Holocaust empirically but illuminates the methodological, theoretical, and institutional dimensions of this unique form of historical record.
