Child Survivors of the Holocaust

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-13992-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 577 g

At the end of the Second World War approximately 1.5 million Jewish children had been killed by the Nazis. In this book, ten child survivors tell their stories. Paul Valent, himself a child survivor and psychiatrist, explores with profound analytical insight the deepest memories of those survivors he interviewed. Their experiences range from living in hiding to physical and sexual abuse. Child Survivors of the Holocaust preserves and integrates the personal narratives and the therapist's perspective in an amazing chronicle. The stories in this book contribute to questions concerning the roots of morality, memory, resilience, and specifc scientific queries of the origins of psychosomatic symptoms, psychiatric illness, and trans-generational transmission of trauma. Child Survivors of the Holocaust speaks to the trauma facing contemporary child victims of abuse worldwide through past narratives of the Holocaust.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valent, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Intr oduction
Interviews
Eva S.
Bernadette
Frankie
Richard
Juliette
Eva G.
George
Eva M.
Danial
Anne
Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Born in Bratislava (now Slovakia) in 1938, Paul Valent survived the Holocaust mainly hidden in Hungary. In 1949, he and his family emigrated to Australia where he later studied medicine and psychiatry. Today, he is a respected psychiatrist and one of the founding traumatologists in Australia. Dr. Valent has treated Holocaust survivors - adults, children, and many second generation survivors, as well as survivors from many other traumas. In 1990, he founded the Child Survivors of the Holocaust griup in Melbourne. His other books are From Survival to Fulfillment; A Framework for the Life-Trauma Dialectic, Trauma and Fulfillment Therapy; A Wholist Framework, In Two Minds, Mental Health in the Times of the Pandemic, Heart of Violence; Why People Harm Each Other, and recently released Know Thyself; Our Hidden Selves in a Precarious World. These books and a wealth of other writings are available on paulvalent.com.