Jost Rebentisch & Adina Dymczyk 
Trauma, Resilience, and Empowerment [EPUB ebook] 
Descendants of Survivors of Nazi Persecution

Traumas can be passed from one generation to the next – this is well known – and hardly any group is so affected by this phenomenon as the descendants of people persecuted by the Nazis. But just how does this transfer take place? What role do family traditions and continued social practices play? Does genetics have an impact? Furthermore, can the cycle be broken?
The descendants of those persecuted by the Nazis can draw on unique resources and skills. They make significant contributions to political and social reckonings with the Nazi era and they work for the welfare of the survivors. Many are active in political education and advocate for an appropriate culture of remembrance. In a time of increasing right-wing populism, their views are indispensable.
This publication was made possible with support from the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

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Preface
Introduction and Initiation into the Subject Area
Continuities and Discrimination
– The Second Generation in the Restitution Process for Cultural Assets confiscated due to Nazi Persecution, in accordance with the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated Art
– Echoes of the Nazi Era: Jews in Germany amid routine Trivialisation of the Holocaust and antisemitic Attacks
– The Nazi Genocide of the Sinti and Roma and its Consequences for the Second Generation
– Second Generation – Socialisation in real Socialism
Transgenerational Transmission
– The Emotional Conflicts of the Second Generation
– Activating Resources for the Second Generation – understanding and counteracting Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
– Epigenetic Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma (TTT)
– (Hi)stories in a Room
Traditions, Narratives, and Biographies
– ‘It took me a few years until I understood that I am, as a matter of fact, Jewish’: The third generation writ small going large as a generaction
– The Second Generation learn about themselves
– ‘Home is where?’ – Children of Holocaust Survivors between Germany and Israel
– The Tribe of the Second Generation
– The Effects of Nazi Persecution and Imprisonment on Family Members after 1945
– Postmemory and Transgenerational Trauma
Practice and Processing
– Survivors of the Nazi Regime and their Descendants between the Soviet Union and Germany
– Insight into the Work of the Group Children of the Resistance – Antifascism as a Duty
Treatment and the Future
– Memorial Sites working with Descendants of the Victims of National Socialism
– ‘We are also Victims – because of the Memories’ The Second Generation of the Holocaust – Theory and Practice
– Descendants of the Victims of Nazi Persecution: political Intervention, biographical Practice, and the Transformation of Remembrance Culture
Epilogue
Biographies of the Authors and Editors

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Dr Jost Rebentisch is a historian. After working as a research assistant at the Cologne Stadtmuseum, he joined the Bundesverband Information und Beratung für NS-Verfolgte in 2002, where he has been Managing Director since 2014.