The Holocaust and Generational Trauma Overall, studies show that the extreme trauma that survivors of the Holocaust faced and face has impacts on their children and grandchildren: Emotionally, through PTSD symptoms and mental disorders; and physically, through stress modifiers in their genes
The effects of the intergenerational transmission of the Holocaust . . . At a theoretical level, our results confirm the possibility of an intergenerational transmission of major trauma in an understudied population (the children of the Former Hidden Children) and propose a mechanism explaining this transmission
The Intergenerational Transmission of Holocaust Trauma: A . . . In this paper, I revisit the theory of an intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma The theory argues that psychological symptoms and ego impairments observed in Holocaust survivors’ children are unique: a consequence of a vicarious exposure to their parents’ traumatic experiences
Transgenerational Transmission of Effects of the Holocaust Clinical reports suggest special characteristics of children of survivors, and particular problems in the relationships between children and parents in survivor families, supporting the hypothesis of intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma
The Intergenerational Transmission of Memory and Trauma - JSTOR The movement from survivor writing to second- and third- generation accounts of the Nazi genocide marks an important shift in the inter-generational transmission and expression of Holocaust memory, trauma, and representation
Transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience: a qualitative . . . More than 50 years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, researchers and clinicians are still devoted to studying the long-lasting consequences of the traumatic experiences endured by Holocaust survivors and their descendants
Examining intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma as it . . . Some studies have suggested that family communication about historical trauma can impact the strength of cultural identity and mental well-being The current study sampled second- and third-generation Holocaust survivors to examine how family communication about the Holocaust relates to historical loss awareness and the strength of Jewish identity
Transgenerational transmission of trauma in families of Holocaust . . . In line with H1, the presence of a first generation trauma results in a higher probability of extreme family type than in the general population, (31% observed instead of 16% expected) Mid-range family type is also over-represented (53% observed instead of 34% expected)