The Collective Silence: German Identity and the Legacy of Shame (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555425569 ISBN 13: 9781555425562

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1993

Synopsis

The silence surrounding the Holocaust continues to prevent healing - whether of the victims, Nazis, or the generations that followed them.  The telling of the stories surrounding the Holocaust - all the stories - is essential if we are to understand what happened, recognize the part of human nature that allows such atrocities to occur, and realize the hope that we can prevent it from happening again.

Seeking to shed light on the collective silence surrounding the Holocaust in Germany, the contributors offer compelling accounts, histories, and experiences that illuminate the ways in which contemporary Germans continue to grapple with the consequences of the Holocaust. Denial in the older generations, as well as anger and confusion in the younger ones, comes vividly to the surface in these evocative stories of coping and healing. Told from the vantage points both of therapists and of patients, these stories encompass the psychological plight of all those facing the legacy of genocide - from the daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official to the children of Jewish immigrants, from those raised in the Hitler Youth Movement to those born well after the war.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Heimannsberg and Christoph J. Schmidt have private psychotherapy practices in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1555425569
• ISBN 13: 9781555425562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Heimannsberg Barbara, Schmidt Christoph J.