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).

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

Psychic trauma--Lithuania.

Psychic trauma.

Collective memory--Lithuania.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY 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:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One

Beginnings

In the Ponar Forest

Versions

Out of Sight

Leiser’s Song

Lietūkis Garage Massacre

Part Two

Return

Trauma Made Manifest

Rescue

Who Are Our Teachers?

And So I Lived On

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438477220

1438477228