A survivor named trauma : Holocaust memory in Lithuania / Myra Sklarew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sklarew, Myra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Collective memory.

Psychic trauma.

Lithuania.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

Psychic trauma--Lithuania.

Collective memory--Lithuania.

Physical Description:

xv, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]

Summary:

"A Survivor Named Trauma examines the nature of trauma and memory as they relate to the Holocaust in Lithuania. How do we behave under threat? How do we remember extreme danger? How do subsequent generations deal with their histories-whether as descendants of perpetrators or victims, of those who rescued others or were witnesses to genocide? Or those who were separated from their families in early childhood and do not know their origins? Myra Sklarew's study draws on interviews with survivors, witnesses, rescuers, and collaborators, as well as descendants and family members, gathered over a twenty-five-year period in Lithuania. Returning to the land of her ancestors, Sklarew found a country still deeply affected by the Nazi Holocaust and decades of Soviet domination. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to readers interested in neuroscience and neuropsychology, Holocaust studies, Jewish history, and personal memoir"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1

Chapter I In the Ponar Forest p. 23

Chapter II Versions p. 39

Chapter III Out of Sight p. 45

Chapter IV Leiser's Song p. 55

Chapter V Lietukis Garage Massacre p. 83

Part 2

Chapter VI Return: Witness, Survivor, Next Generation p. 95

Chapter VII Trauma Made Manifest: Its Persistent Forms p. 115

Chapter VIII Rescue p. 133

Chapter IX Who Are Our Teachers? p. 155

Chapter X And So I Lived On p. 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index.

ISBN:

9781438477213

143847721X

9781438477206

1438477201

OCLC:

1112785297