Child Holocaust Survivors: Memories and Reflections

This book of essays on Child Holocaust Survivors provides insights about the nature of survival, the impact of massive trauma and loss in childhood, and the lifelong consequences of such experiences, including the remarkable resilience of children.

Dr.Robert Krell was born in The Hague, Holland on August 5th 1940. He was hidden with a Christian family from 1942 to 1945 during the Holocaust. After the war ended he was returned to his parents who also survived in hiding. In 1951, he moved with his family to Vancouver, B.C. where he obtained an M.D. from the University of British Columbia, (UBC) and served as Professor of Psychiatry until 1995, when he became Professor Emeritus. During these years, driven to give a voice to those who survived the Holocaust, he not only co-founded in 1975, the annual BC High School Symposium on the Holocaust but in 1978 initiated the audiovisual documentation project on Holocaust survivors in the Vancouver area. Robert helped form child survivor groups in Los Angeles and Vancouver in 1983. In 1985 Robert founded the Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance which built a memorial in 1987 and established a Holocaust Education Centre in 1994. This Centre reaches 25,000 students annually. For these activities he received in 1998 the State of Israel Bonds Elie Wiesel Remembrance Award. Robert also served on the International Advisory Council of the Hidden Child Conference that organized the 1991 gathering in New York as well as volunteering with the Canadian Jewish Congress - Pacific Region, becoming its Chair and then National Vice President. (1986-1992) Robert Krell has co-edited and authored numerous books, book chapters and articles. He is invited to speak around the world on the impact of the Holocaust on child survivors, their memories and reflections. Robert is married and has three children and four grandchildren.