Healing Holocaust survivors politics of psychological rehabilitation in postwar Europe Stella Maria Frei

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frei, Stella Maria, author.

Series:

Europäisch-jüdische Studien. Beiträge ; v. 70.

Europäisch-jüdische Studien - Beiträge = European-Jewish studies - contributions volume 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust survivors--Rehabilitation--Europe.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--Psychology.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Berlin De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2025]

Summary:

"Healing Holocaust Survivors examines the psychological rehabilitation strategies implemented by two major international humanitarian organizations--the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)--in Displaced Persons Camps across postwar Europe from 1944 to 1948. Focusing on the mental health needs of Holocaust survivors and other refugees, the book explores how psychosocial expertise became entangled with citizenship, politics, and visions of Europe's reconstruction after World War II. Drawing from archival sources, institutional reports, and psychological literature of the period, this is the first in-depth account of how mental health professionals approached psychological rehabilitation, trauma, identity, and recovery in a humanitarian setting. It reveals how psychological strategies were often shaped by, and instrumentalized for, broader political and regulatory goals--including refugee resettlement, nation-building, and international diplomacy. Bridging the fields of history, psychology, refugee studies, and humanitarian aid, this book sheds new light on the origins of modern refugee mental health practices and the complex role of international organizations in shaping the lives--and minds--of displaced populations"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

UNRRA as a new beginning in humanitarian aid?

Planning the road home prior to war's end

Negotiating national belonging

The evolution of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in postwar Europe

Surveying Jewish displaced children

Measuring adaptability

Healing the wounds of DPs, healing the world?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed August 18, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Frei, Stella Maria Healing Holocaust survivors

ISBN:

9783111211572

3111211576

9783111210902

3111210901

OCLC:

1521232750

Access Restriction:

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